Dear river and watershed friends, The second 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 […]
Dear river and watershed friends, June 10, Opening Day for Bacteria Days 2025, an exciting event for Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers, begins our bi-weekly 2025 water quality monitoring. It was an auspicious start with 100% sampling at 100% of the eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. […]
By DANIEL SARCH, THE LACONIA DAILY SUN Sep 3, 2024 FRANKLIN — Three volunteers for the Upper Merrimack Watershed Association crossed the Central Street Bridge over the Pemigewasset River, looking out over the foggy horizon. At 7 a.m. on Aug. 27, Mike Hamilton, environmental engineer for Watts Water Technologies, threw a small bucket over the bridge into […]
Dear river and watershed friends, August 13, our fifth sampling day (of six) this summer continues with 100% sampling at 100% of our sites. Thank you, volunteers. We continue to provide you with these bi-weekly reports for eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. We know that you […]
Dear river and watershed friends, August 27, our sixth and final sampling day capped the with 100% sampling at 100% of our sites. Thank you, volunteers. We continue to provide you with these bi-weekly reports for eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. We know that you have […]
Dear river and watershed friends, July 30, our fourth sampling day (of six) this summer continues with 100% sampling at 100% of our sites. Thank you, volunteers. We continue to provide you with these bi-weekly reports for eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. We know that you […]
Dear river and watershed friends, July 16, our third sampling day (of six) this summer continues with 100% sampling at 100% of our sites. Thank you, volunteers. We continue to provide you with these bi-weekly reports for eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. There were short, flashy […]
Dear river and watershed friends, July 2, our second sampling day (of six) this summer continues with 100% sampling at 100% of our sites. Thank you, volunteers. We continue to provide you with these bi-weekly reports for eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. There were short, flashy […]
Dear river and watershed friends, June 18, Opening Day for Bacteria Days, an exciting event for we volunteers, begins our bi-weekly 2024 water quality monitoring. It was an auspicious start with 100% sampling at 100% of the eleven sites from Franklin to Bow, comprising the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Contoocook, and Merrimack Rivers. June 18 began on […]
Dear river and watershed friends, Day 6, the final event of our of bi-weekly 2023 water quality monitoring season saw an expected decrease in E. coli colony counts after a relatively dry and sunny period with some rain preceding the Tuesday, August 22, 2023 sampling day. We got through the season with 100% samples collected […]
Dear river and watershed friends, Day 5 of the bi-weekly 2023 water quality monitoring season saw an expected decrease in E. coli colony counts after a relatively dry and sunny period with some rain preceding the Tuesday, August 8, 2023 sampling day. We are holding and moving forward with 100% samples collected by 100% of […]