Amy C. Jordan, Laboratory Scientist VWater Analysis Lab Microbiology Unit SupervisorPublic Health Laboratories What do we do with your samples once they have arrived?  You’ve collected a river sample, and it made its way to the Public Health Laboratory – Water Analysis Laboratory (PHL-WAL).  You have a result, but how did we get it?  What […]

Dear river and watershed friends, The sixth and final Bacteria Day of 2025 on August 19, brought 100% results from the Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers’ sampling at 100% of the eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. We know that you have heard it before but it’s […]

Dear river and watershed friends, The fifth Bacteria Day of 2025, brought 100% results from the Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers’ sampling at 100% of the eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. We know that you have heard it before but it’s important to remember that the […]