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Originally Posted by ishoot308
Great video to watch to those who believe the water was cleaner "back then"...
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Our lake water "back then" was sawn from winter ice, stored, and used as ice in the summer.
'Seems we Camp Wyanoke campers should have developed the first insight—
if unhealthy.
Aside from scattered lake views and headline references to "The
Winnipesaukee Basin", the video only mentions the drinking water source of Laconia,
Lake Winnisquam.
Sixty miles of sewer line (which crosses Lake Winnipesaukee) run to Franklin, where it's "treated" and released into the Merrimack River.
That "release" looks awful nasty!
Ironic that the pressure of a growing population around Lake Winnisquam produced the success of local activism.
When support grew from about 600 Lake Winnisquam residents, sewer line studies were funded by (then) EPA's William Ruckelshaus. (Who is effusive in crediting local supporters for success getting Federal funding).
Scanned were "scary headlines" of hundreds of new housing units proposed for Laconia. (Some names look very familiar).
Speaking of irony, anyone see the problem with this scanned headline, which reads,
"Algae Threatens City Growth".
"We Have Met the Enemy—and it is US"...
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