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PROJECT TITLE: Lake Attitash Integrated Watershed
Management Plan
CATEGORY: Restoration
INVESTIGATOR: City of Amesbury
PARTNER: Lake Attitash Association, Town of Merrimac
LOCATION: Merrimack Watershed
DESCRIPTION:
The Lake Attitash Watershed Restoration Project will help restore
the water quality of Lake Attitash to the requirements of its Class
A Outstanding Resource Water Classification. The grant monies will
fund capital intensive best management practices (BMPs) that, when
combined with the current non-structural restoration and management
projects in the watershed, will complete the majority of recommendations
from several intensive studies and from the "Lake Attitash Watershed
Management Plan" (CDM 1999).
Specific tasks include:
1. Remove 150' section of paved swale and replace with grass lined
swale with sediment forebay.
2. Purchase and install curtain barrier at inlet of Back River into
Lake Attitash.
3. Replace existing storm drain with a properly sized manhole with
a downstream defender.
4. Install culvert flapgate to prevent backflow, restore wetland
area and resolve flooding issues.
5. Install stormwater wetlands and enhance deep marsh area. Remove
invasive Phragmites and replant with native wetland vegetation.
6. Replace 14 catch basins with 4' sumps and downstream defender-type
stormwater treatment system.
7. QAPP development and water quality monitoring.
8. Prepare Quarterly Progress Reports and Final Report.
TOTAL COST: $ 368, 750
FUNDING: $ 275,150 by DCR
$ 67,350 by the Town of Amesbury
$ 12,000 by the Town of Merrimac
$ 8,250 from the Lake Attitash Association
$ 3,500 from Camp Bauercrest
DURATION: 2002 - 2005
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PROJECT TITLE: Spy Pond Watershed Restoration
Project
CATEGORY: Restoration
INVESTIGATOR: Town of Arlington
PARTNERS: Spy Pond Committee, Tufts University
LOCATION: Mystic Watershed
DESCRIPTION:
The objective of the project is to reduce internal and external
phosphorus loads to Spy Pond, which will increase clarity and recreational
usability of the pond. This will be done through an innovative and
comprehensive storm water management/pollution prevention program
and in-lake corrective measures.
Specific tasks include:
1. Install 15 leaching catch basins.
2. Mark the storm drains in the Spy Pond watershed to indicate that
they drain to Spy Pond.
3. Evaluate tax incentives and other methods to encourage homeowners
to reduce stormwater runoff from their individual properties.
4. Increase cleaning frequency for catch basins in the watershed
and develop a database to track levels of material removed from
each basin.
5. Develop a treatment system demonstration project to irrigate
playing fields and remove phosphorus from pond water.
6. Alum Treatment for Spy Pond.
7. Design and installation of aeration system for Spy Pond.
8. Develop and present public education program including workshops
on lake-friendly lawn care practices and stormwater management,
as well as newspaper articles and cable coverage.
9. Conduct in-lake water quality monitoring to assess the effectiveness
of leaching catch basins, and alum treatment and aeration effectiveness.
10. Prepare Quarterly Progress Reports and Final Report.
TOTAL COST: $ 426,720
FUNDING: $ 299,900 by DCR
$ 104,820 by the Town of Arlington
$ 22,000 from the Spy Pond Committee
DURATION: 2002 - 2005
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PROJECT TITLE: Long Lake Water Quality Restoration
and Protection Demonstration Project
CATEGORY: Restoration
INVESTIGATOR: Town of Littleton
PARTNER: Long Lake Neighborhood Association
LOCATION: SuAsCo Watershed (Assabet), Town of Littleton
DESCRIPTION:
The project seeks to demonstrate how distributed Low Impact Development
(LID) controls can effectively reduce stormwater volume and nutrients
to lakes having large residential areas and extensive stormwater
collection systems. The project will provide support to assist in
further implementation of innovative Low Impact Development (LID)
stormwater controls to help restore and protect water quality in
the 303 (d) listed water body, Long Lake. The objective is to restore
the water quality and recreational value of Long Lake through the
implementation of a watershed management program identified in a
1990 Diagnostic Feasibility Study and currently being partially
implemented under a Section S.319 grant. Extensive watershed assessment
has identified locations to retrofit the existing stormwater drainage
system through the installation of grass-lined and vegetated swales,
bioretention cells, and constructed wetlands.
The comprehensive restoration and protection program currently
underway includes: in-lake activities to reduce the amount of nuisance
aquatic macrophytes and invasive plant species; shoreline improvements
to remove sediment and invasive species and improve public access
for fishing and boating; and distributed watershed controls over
quality and quantity of the discharges.
Specific tasks include:
2. Install porous pavement, drainage swale and boat washing facility
at boat ramp.
3. Install bioretention cells on identified public parcels.
4. Disconnect rooftop downspouts discharging to impervious surfaces.
5. Install 150 rain barrels and create 20 rain gardens.
6. Promote the use of low phosphorous lawn fertilizers and natural
lawn care products by offering rebates to purchase low phosphorous
fertilizers.
7. Develop a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for pre-, during
and post- Best Management Practice (BMP) implementation monitoring.
8. Design and conduct effectiveness monitoring, and assessment to
document pre- and post-construction conditions for sharing with
other communities interested in LID.
9. Develop a Walking Trail Guide and Technology Transfer Report
as part of outreach and technology transfer.
10. Prepare Quarterly Progress Reports and Final Report.
TOTAL COST: $ 400,000
FUNDING: $ 300,000 by DCR
$ 100,000 by the Town of Littleton
DURATION: 2002 - 2005
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PROJECT TITLE: Otis Reservoir Lake and
Watershed Protection Initiative
CATEGORY: Protection
INVESTIGATOR: Town of Otis
PARTNERS: Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, Farmington River
Watershed Association, Otis Reservoir Property Owners Association,
Big Pond Association
LOCATION: Farmington Watershed, Towns of Otis, Sandisfield and Blandford
DESCRIPTION:
The objectives of the Otis Reservoir Lake and Watershed Protection
Initiative are to implement a series of protective structural and
non-structural best management practices within Otis Reservoir and
its subwatershed. Based on technical analysis and recommendations
contained in a Diagnostic/Feasibility Study (ENSR, 2001), the project
seeks to continue efforts to protect water quality in this pristine
watershed by empowering residents to take local action on lake and
watershed issues.
Specific tasks include:
1. Carry out a boat washing station feasibility study and construct
a state-of-the-art boat washing station.
2. Install a subsurface screen at Otis Reservoir outlet.
3. Develop and present a Lake NEMO (nonpoint education for municipal
officials) as part of a broader lake education and outreach effort.
4. Conduct road maintenance and repair in the watershed to eliminate
nonpoint source pollution from town-owned roadways.
5. Identify and map problem areas along non-town owned roadways.
6. Update of evaluation of existing lake protection in the watershed
(by-law review).
7. Prepare Quarterly Progress Reports and Final Report.
TOTAL COST: $ 128,800
FUNDING: $ 97,550 by DCR
$ 15,100 by the Town of Otis
$ 8,000 by the Tri-Town Health Department
$ 3,050 by the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission
$ 2,000 by the Otis Reservoir Property Owners Association
$ 3,100 by the Farmington River Watershed Association
DURATION: 2002 - 2005
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PROJECT TITLE: Pequot Pond Watershed Restoration
Project
You can now download the Pequot Pond Restoration Project Final Report. Please note that the download is approximately 9 MB and is in Adobe Acrobat Format.
CATEGORY: Restoration
INVESTIGATOR: City of Westfield
PARTNER: Winding River Land Conservancy
LOCATION: Westfield Watershed
DESCRIPTION:
The goals of the project are to implement recommendations from previous
diagnostic feasibility studies and assessments to restore the recreational
capacity of Pequot Pond to primary contact (swimmable). The project
will address sedimentation problems from roadway runoff, and will
educate the public on Best Management Practices that they can implement
to improve and protect Pequot Pond. In addition, the project features
a partnership with the Winding River Land Conservancy- a local land
trust. The Conservancy will acquire land in the watershed of Pequot
Pond and will restore riparian buffer areas on the acquired land.
Specific tasks include:
1. Perform roadway drainage improvements on Birch Road in Westfield
and Cottage Avenue in Southampton
2. Develop a QAPP to monitor pre- and post-construction conditions.
3. Establish an Advisory Committee
4. Acquire land abutting Pequot Pond and develop a lake-friendly
demonstration landscaping project.
5. Manage invasive aquatic weeds with herbicide spot treatment and
monitoring.
6. Prepare and distribute education and outreach materials for residents
and recreational users, including development of a demonstration
area to show goose control techniques.
7. Install education signage related to goose control, best management
practices and control of invasives.
8. Prepare model sediment and erosion control bylaws/ordinances.
9. Prepare Quarterly Progress Reports and Final Report.
TOTAL COST: $ 421,440
FUNDING: $ 290,140 by DCR
$ 79,500 by the City of Westfield
$ 41,000 by the Town of Southhampton
$ 3,500 from the Winding River Land Conservancy
$ 2,000 from the Hampton Ponds Lake Association
DURATION: 2002 - 2005
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