Healthy Swimming Mapper: des.nh.gov

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Hey there on June 16, 2023, it ....... http://www.des.nh.gov/water/healthy-...wimming-mapper ..... looks like the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services has a new look on their swimming, water quality page for alerts and advisories regarding fecal bacteria and cyanobacteria.

Locally in the lakes region of New Hampshire:

Lake Winnisquam, New Hampshire's fourth largest lake at 4214-acres has an ALERT for cyanobacteria as of June 14, 2023,

Lake Wentworth, cyanobacteria WARNING, June 14, 2023,

Lake Kanasatka, cyanobacteria WARNING, June 2, 2023.

June 16, 2023: Corcoran's Pond, a 7-acre dammed pond with a very well groomed sandy town public swim beach in Waterville Valley has a fecal bacteria advisory and it now has two bright yellow signs posted into the sand at the water's edge that say "the water is unsafe for wading or swimming" so most likely Lake Winnisquam, Wentworth, and Kanasatka also have similar yellow warning signs posted into their water's edge, somewhere. Corcoran's Pond is fed by Snow's Brook and there's almost always water running over the dam. Blame it on the Canada geese, or the ducks or the black bears up the brook, or some other source?

Here is Corcoran's Pond and the Snow's Brook walking trail and town square area ...... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm-2Mh3pyT8 ...... Waterville Valley, NH ... summer-2022 ... 9:35 .... with the BAAR Family.

July 7, 2023: so, these two NH-DES bright yellow advisory signs with a fecal bacteria warning remain in place on the Corcoran's Pond sandy beach, at the water's edge since June 16 ..... how long will they be there? ..... and I have not seen even one person go wading or swimming, into the 7-acre town resort pond, since the signs were posted on June 16. With all the recent rainfall and so much water running over the dam, the surface water on Corcoran's Pond looks extremely clear, clean and free of any muck or any pond scum. The kayak-canoe-sup-pedal boat rentals, run by the town, is staffed, open and available at about $20/hr regardless the fecal bacteria warnings but it seems like the rental boat business has been very much diminished due to the two fecal bacteria advisory sign posts which remain in the sandy swim beach at water's edge.

Hey there WinnisquamZ ...... any chance you can post a photo showing the orange warning signs that's probably posted into the sand at Bartlett Beach, Lake Winnisquam in Laconia.

When you click a specific lake or pond on the Healthy Swimming Mapper map, it now shows the most recent sampling results in specific measurement and the date when it will get resampled.