Indian Lake Watershed Association to Host Annual Meeting on Thursday
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Tuesday, March 07, 2017
GoLocalWorcester News Team
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The Indian Lake Watershed Association (ILWA) is inviting the public to attend their annual meeting.
The meeting will focus on discussing the City of Worcester’s efforts to put more focus on improving recreational water bodies, improving water quality thru stormwater management, an update on parks and beaches in the area surrounding Indian Lake and ways that residents can get involved.
The meeting is set for Thursday, March 9 at the Bancroft School Field House at 100 Shore Drive in Worcester.
Indian Lake Watershed Association
The ILWA has worked for over 30 years to restore and preserve the environmental quality of the entire 193 acre body Indian Lake, located entirely in the City of Worcester, as well as improve the neighborhood surrounding it.
The ILWA initiates and implements neighborhood projects throughout the entire watershed including park/memorial cleanups and maintenance, water quality monitoring, storm drain stenciling and identifying potential threats to Indian Lake and its tributaries. A major element of most projects includes educational outreach through presentations, newsletters, working hand and hand with city officials and community partners.
Related Slideshow: See the List: Central MA’s Most Polluted Ponds and Lakes
Below is a list of lakes and ponds in Central Massachusetts considered to be Category 5, or “impaired or threatened for one or more uses and require a TMDL (total maximum daily load)” to ensure an acceptable pollutant level.
The Massachusetts Year 2014 Integrated List of Waters was submitted to the EPA as required by law under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, as states, territories, and authorized tribes are required to develop lists of impaired waters. These are waters that are too polluted or otherwise degraded to meet the water quality standards set by states.
Definitions of Frequent Pollutant Terms:
- Non-native Aquatic Plants - refers to plants from other countries, regions, or continents.
- Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes) -A decline in a macrophyte community may indicate water quality problems and changes in the ecological status of the water body. Such problems may be the result of excessiveturbidity, herbicides, or salinization. Conversely, overly high nutrient levels may create an overabundance of macrophytes, which may in turn interfere with lake processing.
- Excess Algal Growth - When the water is rich in nutrients from too many fish and the lighting is strong, it may result in the excessive growth of algae. A large number of algae in the tank compete with oxygen producing plants for the nutrients, light and oxygen
- Fish Kills - result from low concentrations of dissolved oxygen in the water
- Escherichia coli (E.coli) - found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms (endotherms). Most E. coli strains are harmless, but some serotypes can cause serious food poisoning in their hosts.
- Dissolved Oxygen - Low dissolved oxygen can result in the death of plants and animals.
- Turbidity - is a measure of the degree to which the water loses its transparency due to the presence of suspended particulates.
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Aldrich Pond
City/Town: Sutton
Pollutant: Non-native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes)
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Arcade Pond
City/Town: Northbridge
Pollutant: Excess Algal Growth, Non-native Aquatic Plants
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Hagens_world
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Beaver Brook
City/Town: Worcester
Pollutant: Debris/Floatables/Trash, Fish Kills, Physical substrate habitat alterations, Bottom Deposits, Escherichia coli, Taste and Odor
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/James Walsh
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Blackstone River
City/Town: Worcester to Grafton, Grafton to Uxbridge, Uxbridge to Millville
Pollutant: Debris/Floatables/Trash, Other flow regime alterations, Physical substrate habitat alterations, Ambient Bioassays - Chronic Aquatic Toxicity, Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments, Escherichia coli, Excess Algal Growth, Fishes Bioassessments, Foam/Flocs/Scum/Oil Slicks, Lead, Nutrient/Eutrophication Biological Indicators, Dissolved Oxygen,Phosphorus, Sedimentation/Siltation, Taste and Odor Turbidity
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Doug Kerr
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Burncoat Park Pond
City/Town: Worcester
Pollutant: Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Turbidity
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Stanley Zimny
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Cedar Swamp Brook
City/Town: Uxbridge to Douglas
Pollutant: Fishes Bioassessments
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/NoahBKaplan
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Coal Mine Brook
City/Town: Worcester
Pollutant: Fish Kills, Fishes Bioassessments, Sedimentation/Siltation, Temperature, water
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Ian Sane
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Cook Allen
City/Town: Sutton to Northbridge
Pollutant: Fishes Bioassessments
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Artem Marchenko
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Dark Brook
City/Town: Auburn
Pollutant: Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Escherichia coli
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Miles Wolstenholme
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Fish Pond
City/Town: Northbridge
Pollutant: Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes)
Photo courtey of: Flickr/Brianna Privett
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Hayes Pond
City/Town: Grafton
Pollutant: Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes)
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Sue Cline
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Kettle Brook
City/Town: Auburn
Pollutant: Debris/Floatables/Trash, Low flow alterations, Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes). Fecal Coliform, Nutrient/Eutrophication Biological Indicators, Turbidity
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Brook Ward
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Lake Ripple
City/Town: Grafton
Pollutant: Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes)
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Nicholas A. Tonelli
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Manchaug Pond
City/Town: Douglas/Sutton
Pollutant: Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Mercury in Fish Tissue, Dissolved Oxygen
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Rick Swart
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Marble Pond
City/Town: Sutton
Pollutant: Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes)
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Steve Shupe
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Middle River "Mill Brook"
City/Town: Worcester
Pollutant: Debris/Floatables/Trash, Physical substrate habitat alterations, Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments, Escherichia coli, Nutrient/Eutrophication Biological Indicators, Turbidity
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Shim Gray
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Mill River
City/Town: Blackstone, Milford/Upton to Mendon/Blackstone
Pollutant: PCB in Fish Tissue, Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Escherichia coli
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Josh Smith
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Mumford River
City/Town: Douglas to Uxbrige
Pollutant: Low flow alterations, Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Copper, Lead
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Svadilfari
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Number 1 Pond
City/Town: Sutton
Pollutant: Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Turbidity
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Karen Roe
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Poor Farm Brook
City/Town: West Boylston to Shrewsbury
Pollutant: Low flow alterations, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Sedimentation/Siltation
Photo courtesy of: Flickr/Oranda
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Riley Pond
City/Town: Northbridge
Pollutant: Turbidity
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Singletary Brook
City/Town: Millbury
Pollutant: Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes)
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Sutton Falls
City/Town: Sutton
Pollutant: Turbidity
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Tatnuck Brook
City/Town: Holden to Worcester
Pollutant: Debris/Floatables/Trash, Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Other flow regime alterations, Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments, Sedimentation/Siltation, Turbidity
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Welsh Pond
City/Town: Sutton
Pollutant: Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes)
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West River
City/Town: Grafton to Upton, Upton to Uxbridge
Pollutant: Low pH, Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Cadmium, Chloride, Copper, Lead, Nutrient/Eutrophication Biological Indicators,
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Woodbury Pond
City/Town: Sutton
Pollutant: Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes)
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Woolshop Pond
City/Town: Millbury
Pollutant: Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Turbidity
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Beaver Brook
City/Town: Templeton to Royalston
Pollutant: Fecal Coliform, PCB in Fish Tissue
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Boyce Brook
City/Town: Royalston
Pollutant: PCB in Fish Tissue
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Lake Monomonac
City/Town: Winchendon
Pollutant: Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Mercury in Fish Tissue
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Lake Rohunta
City/Town: Athol/Orange/New Salem
Pollutant: Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Mercury in Fish Tissue
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Lawrence Brook
City/Town: Royalston
Pollutant: PCB in Fish Tissue
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Millers River
City/Town: Winchendon, Royalston
Pollutant: Ambient Bioassays, Chronic Aquatic Toxicity, Fecal Coliform, PCB in Fish Tissue, Phosphorus (Total)
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Otter River
City/Town: Gardner to Templeton, Templeton to Winchendon
Pollutant: Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments, Fishes Bioassessments, Nutrient/Eutrophication Biological Indicators, Turbidity, Fecal Coliform, PCB in Fish Tissue, Taste and Odor
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Tully River
City/Town: Orange/Athol
Pollutant: PCB in Fish Tissue
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Whites Mill Pond
City/Town: Winchendon
Pollutant: Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Mercury in Fish Tissue
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Whitney Pond
City/Town: Winchendon
Pollutant: Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Mercury in Fish Tissue, Turbidity
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Asnebumskit Brook
City/Town: Holden
Pollutant: Ambient Bioassays -- Chronic Aquatic Toxicity
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Bartlett Pond
City/Town: Lancaster
Pollutant: Escherichia coli
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Fort Pond
City/Town: Lancaster
Pollutant: Dissolved Oxygen
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Gates Brook
City/Town: West Boylston
Pollutant: Fecal Coliform
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Lake Shirley
City/Town: Lunenburg
Pollutant: Eurasian Water Milfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum, Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Excess Algal Growth, Mercury in Fish Tissue, Dissolved Oxygen,Turbidity
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Malagasco Brook
City/Town: Boylston
Pollutant: Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments, Nutrient/Eutrophication Biological Indicators
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Mirror Lake
City/Town: Harvard
Pollutant: Mercury in Fish Tissue
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Monoosnuc Brook
City/Town: Leominster
Pollutant: Escherichia coli
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Muddy Brook
City/Town: West Boylston
Pollutant: Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments
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Nashua River
City/Town: Clinton to Lancaster
Pollutant: Escherichia coli, Phosphorus (Total)
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North Nashua River
City/Town: Fitchburg, Fitchburg to Leominster, Leominster to Lancaster
Pollutant: Escherichia coli, Ambient Bioassays -- Chronic Aquatic Toxicity, Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments
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Partridge Pond
City/Town: Westminster
Pollutant: Non-Native Aquatic Plants, Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Turbidity
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Still River
City/Town: Lancaster to Bolton
Pollutant: Escherichia coli
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Alum Pond
City/Town: Sturbridge
Pollutant: Dissolved Oxygen
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Cady Brook
City/Town: Charlton, Charlton to Southbridge
Pollutant: Low flow alterations, Ambient Bioassays -- Chronic Aquatic Toxicity, Fecal Coliform, Nutrient/Eutrophication Biological Indicators
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Cohasse Brook
City/Town: Southbridge
Pollutant: Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments, Escherichia coli, Sedimentation/Siltation
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Glen Echo Lake
City/Town: Charlton
Pollutant: Dissolved Oxygen
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Hatchet Brook
City/Town: Southbridge
Pollutant: Escherichia coli
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McKinstry Brook
City/Town: Charlton to Southbridge
Pollutant: Debris/Floatables/Trash, Escherichia coli
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Morse Pond
City/Town: Southbridge
Pollutant: Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Dissolved Oxygen
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Pistol Pond
City/Town: Sturbridge
Pollutant: Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Dissolved Oxygen, Secchi disk transparency
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Quinebaug River
City/Town: Holland to Sturbridge and East Brimfield, Sturbridge to Southbridge, Southbridge to Dudley, Southbridge, Dudley
Pollutant: Ambient Bioassays -- Chronic Aquatic Toxicity, Fecal Coliform, Fishes Bioassessments, Lack of a coldwater assemblage, Mercury in Fish Tissue
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Sibley Pond
City/Town: Charlton (North Basin and South Basin)
Pollutant: Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes), Dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity
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