The low level of our lake 2016

[fatlazyless]

Squam's only outlet dam is located at west end of Little Squam Lake in Ashland. The outflow discharge water flows into the Squam River that travels west to the Pemigewasset River, and the dam outflow can easily be seen from nearby Route 25/3, or from River St in Ashland. The dam looks like a well designed and engineered dam construction made with concrete and steel and may even have a hydro-electric turbine in the little shed at the center top of the dam.

Like guess what ..... there is no Squam outflow water discharge as of today. The dam is not discharging any water. Do not know who controls the Squam Dam .... my guess would be the NH-DES.

http://www.squamlakes.org/watershed-...r-service-area

http://www.nhpr.org/post/maintaining...rs-environment

The NH Dept Environmental Service - Lakeport Dam, Lake Winnipesaukee's only outflow dam, located in Laconia is required to maintain a minimum water outflow to supply water to the septic treatment plant in Franklin, plus for some hydro-electric turbines. Without a steady water supply the waste water treatment facility in Franklin could get all plugged up ....... what the poop!

You know that a sewerage treatment plant without enough water is just a whole lot of poop.

If you have a deep drilled well, maybe you want to run a garden hose from your house to the lake to raise the level of the big lake!

[pondguy]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Squam's only outlet dam is located at west end of Little Squam Lake in Ashland. The outflow discharge water flows into the Squam River that travels west to the Pemigewasset River, and the dam outflow can easily be seen from nearby Route 25/3, or from River St in Ashland. The dam has two large open end discharge pipes that are maybe 8' or so in diameter which dump any water into the river.

Like guess what ..... there is no Squam outflow water discharge as of today. The dam is not discharging any water. Do not know who controls the Squam Dam .... my guess would be the NH-DES.

http://www.squamlakes.org/watershed-...r-service-area

http://www.nhpr.org/post/maintaining...rs-environment

The NH Dept Environmental Service - Lakeport Dam, Lake Winnipesaukee's only outflow dam, located in Laconia is required to maintain a minimum water outflow to supply water to the septic treatment plant in Franklin, plus for some hydro-electric turbines. Without a steady water supply the waste water treatment facility in Franklin could get all plugged up ....... what the poop!

You know that a sewerage treatment plant without enough water is just a whole lot of poop.

If you have a deep drilled well, maybe you want to run a garden hose from your house to the lake to raise the level of the big lake!

Dam i didn't know that !

[TCC]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Without a steady water supply the waste water treatment facility in Franklin could get all plugged up ....... what the poop!

You know that a sewerage treatment plant without enough water is just a whole lot of poop.

Actually FLL, all of the water necessary to operate a wastewater treatment plant is provided with the incoming wastewater from businesses and residences. The Franklin facility is a much more complex operation than most of the general public probably realize. The treated wastewater discharged to the Merrimack River is actually relatively clean.