Water Quality Assessments

 

Eutrophication and Aquatic Plant Management Generic Environmental Impact Report (GEIR)

To obtain a copy in an alternative format please contact Anne.Monnelly@state.ma.us or call 617-626-1395.
DCR Web site

Surveying a Lake Watershed and Preparing an Action Plan

PDF 1.4 MB

Surveying a Lake Watershed - Data Collection Forms

MS Word 980 KB

Appendices for the Lake Watershed Survey Guide

PDF 2 MB

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Water quality assessment reports are produced periodically for each watershed by the MassDEP Division of Watershed Management (DWM), to:

• publish data generated by DWM to the public;
• review available quality-assured data from other sources;
• determine the use support status of surface water bodies;
• determine the causes and sources of any impairments to uses; and
• support reporting to the USEPA on the status of the Commonwealth's surface waters (see the Integrated List of Waters).

Reports are listed alphabetically by watershed name.
NOTE: Very large file sizes may significantly increase download times.

Blackstone River Basin - 1998

Section I: MS Word 564 KB | Section II: MS Word 350 KB
Section III: MS Word 3 MB | Section IV: MS Word 2.8 MB

Blackstone River Watershed - 2003-2007

Report: MS Word 5.1 MB | PDF 2.9 MB
Appendix A - Assessment Methodology Guidelines: MS Word 155 KB | PDF 9218 KB
Appendix B - Technical Memorandum (2003 Water Quality Monitoring Data): MS Word 1.8 MB | PDF 716 KB
Appendix C - Technical Memorandum (2003 Biological Assessment): MS Word 1.1 MB | PDF 277 KB
Appendix D - Technical Memorandum (2003 Fish Population Monitoring & Assessment): MS Word 358 KB | PDF 182 KB
Appendix E - 2003 Periphyton Sampling Results: MS Word 83 KB | PDF 33 KB
Appendix F - Water Quality Sampling Data 2000-2004: MS Word 830 KB | PDF 85 KB
Appendix G - Technical Memorandum (Continuous Temperature Data, August-September 2003): MS Word 3.1 MB | PDF 481 KB
Appendix H - Water Management Act and NPDES Permitting Information: MS Word 451 KB | PDF 136 KB

Boston Harbor - 1999

Section I: PDF 960 KB | Section II: PDF 973 KB
Section IIIa: PDF 490 KB | Section IIIb: PDF 2.42 MB
Section IIIc: PDF 1.01 MB | Section IIId: PDF 915 KB
Section IV: PDF 1.07 MB

Boston Harbor - 2004-2008

Report: MS Word 2.3 MB | PDF 4.5 MB
Appendix A: MS Word 134 KB | PDF 115 KB
Appendix B: MS Word 184 KB | PDF 102 KB
Appendix C: MS Word 1.5 MB | PDF 177 KB
Appendix D: MS Word 570 KB | PDF 149 KB

Buzzards Bay Watershed - 2000

Section I: PDF 822 KB | Section II: PDF 2.9 MB
Section III: PDF 3.53 MB | Section IV: PDF 1.7 MB

Cape Cod Watershed - 1999

PDF 4 MB

Cape Cod Coastal Drainage Areas 2004-2008

Report: MS Word 6.8 MB | PDF 6 MB
Appendix A: MS Word 134 KB | PDF 1216 KB
Appendix B: MS Word 273 KB | PDF 136 KB
Appendix C: MS Word 466 KB | PDF 159 KB
Appendix D: MS Word 295 KB | PDF 111 KB
Appendix E: MS Word 100 KB | PDF 82 KB

Charles River Basin Watershed - 1997/1998

Section I: MS Word 723 KB | Section II: MS Word 248 KB
Section III: MS Word 2.7 MB | Section IV: MS Word 6.3 MB
Errata sheet: MS Word 24 KB

Charles River Watershed - 2002-2006

Report: MS Word 4.3 MB | PDF 2.3 MB
Appendix A: MS Word 710 KB | PDF 96 KB
Appendix B: MS Word 1.6 MB | PDF 451 KB
Appendix C: MS Word 2.1 MB | PDF 369 KB
Appendix D: MS Word 762 KB | PDF 99 KB
Appendix E: MS Word 353 KB | PDF 38 KB
Appendix F: MS Word 230 KB | PDF 136 KB
Appendix G: MS Word 100 KB | PDF 55 KB
Appendix H: MS Word 1.1 MB | PDF 193 KB
Appendix I: MS Word 206 KB | PDF 95 KB

Chicopee River Basin - 1998

Section I: MS Word 1 MB | Section II: MS Word 319 KB
Section III: MS Word 7.7MB | Section IV: MS Word 2.3 MB

Chicopee River Basin - 2003

Report: MS Word 7.4 MB | PDF 3.7 MB
Appendix A, Assessment Methodology Guidelines: MS Word 121 KB | PDF 81 KB
Appendix B, 2003 Water Quality Technical Memorandum: MS Word 6 MB | PDF 418 KB
Appendix C, 2003 Lake Survey Data: MS Word 532 KB | PDF 60 KB
Appendix D, Summary of NPDES Permitting Information: MS Word 229 KB | PDF 77 KB
Appendix E, Summary of Water Management Act Permitting Information: MS Word 72 KB | PDF 29 KB

Connecticut River Basin - 1998

Section I: MS Word 1.6 MB | Section II: MS Word 292 KB
Section III: MS Word 3.2 MB | Section IV: MS Word 239 KB
Errata sheet: MS Word 38 KB

Connecticut River Basin - 2003

Report: MS Word 3.7 MB | PDF 5.2 MB
Appendix A, Assessment Methodology: MS Word 159 KB | PDF 234 KB
Appendix B, 2003 Connecticut River Water Quality: MS Word 5 MB | PDF 1.7 MB
Appendix C, 2003 Connecticut River Biomonitoring: MS Word 649 KB | PDF 849 KB
Appendix D, 2003 Connecticut River Fish Population: MS Word 153 KB | PDF 148 KB
Appendix E, 2003 Connecticut River Benthic Algae: MS Word 1.5 MB | PDF 451 KB
Appendix F, 2003 Connecticut Lakes Survey Data: MS Word 484 KB | PDF 118 KB
Appendix G, 2002 Connecticut Fish Toxics Monitoring: MS Word 323 KB | PDF 79 KB
Appendix H, Connecticut Water Management Act & NPDES Permitting: MS Word 333 KB | PDF 339 KB
Appendix I, Holyoke Coal Tar Site Summary 2007: MS Word 34 KB | PDF 41 KB

Deerfield River Watershed - 2000

Report: MS Word 3.91 MB | PDF 2.6 MB
Appendix: MS Word 2.27 MB | PDF 1 MB

Farmington River Watershed - 2001

Report: MS Word 3.4 MB | PDF 2 MB
Appendix: MS Word 2.7 MB | PDF 709 KB

French & Quinebaug River Watersheds - 2001

Section I: PDF 1.6 MB | Section II: MS Word 527 KB
Section III: MS Word 4.3 MB | Section IV: MS Word 2.9 MB

French & Quinebaug River Watersheds - 2004-08

Report: MS Word 8.6 MB | PDF 2.7 MB
Appendix A: MS Word 111 KB | PDF 88 KB
Appendix B: MS Word 1.9 MB | PDF 946 KB
Appendix C: MS Word 2.4 MB | PDF 617 KB
Appendix D: MS Word 308 KB | PDF 277 KB
Appendix E: MS Word 336 KB | PDF 75 KB
Appendix F: MS Word 150 KB | PDF 52 KB
Appendix G: MS Word 87 KB | PDF 14 KB
Appendix H: MS Word 796 KB | PDF 207 KB

Housatonic River Basin - 1997/1998

Section I: MS Word 377 KB | Section II: MS Word 450 KB
Section III: MS Word 3.8 MB | Section IV: MS Word 4.5 MB
Errata sheet: MS Word 25 KB

Housatonic River Basin - 2002

Report: MS Word 8.3 MB | PDF 3.4 MB
Appendices A-C: MS Word 2.73 MB | PDF 2.6 MB
Appendices D-J: MS Word 4.8 MB | PDF 3.5 MB

Hudson River Basin - 1997

Section I: MS Word 463 KB | Section II: MS Word 292 KB
Section III: MS Word 6.7 MB | Section IV: MS Word 928 KB
Errata sheet: MS Word 26 KB

Hudson River Basin - 2002

Report: MS Word 3 MB | PDF 1.8 MB
Appendix: MS Word 2.4 MB | PDF 1.2 MB

Ipswich River Watershed - 2000

PDF 4 MB

Islands Watershed - 2000

Full report: MS Word 4.5 MB | PDF 2.6 MB

Merrimack River Basin - 1999

Section I: MS Word 1.6 MB | Section II: MS Word 529 KB
Section III: MS Word 5 MB | Section IV: MS Word 1.9 MB

Merrimack River Watershed 2004 Water Quality Assessment Report

Report: MS Word 4.3 MB | PDF 2.8 MB

Associated Technical Documents:
Merrimack River Watershed 2004 Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assessment
MS Word 505 KB | PDF 330 KB
2004 Merrimack River Watershed Fish Population Assessment
MS Word 281 KB | PDF 192 KB
Baseline Lake Survey 2003 Technical Memorandum (Merrimack Excerpt)
MS Word 2.6 MB | PDF 396 KB
2004 Merrimack and French & Quinebaug Periphyton Study - Stream Velocity and Canopy Cover Considerations
MS Word 5.8 MB | PDF 207 KB
Merrimack River Watershed 2004 Water Quality
MS Word 1.2 MB | PDF 644 KB

Millers River Watershed - 2000

Section I: PDF 3.85 MB | Section II: PDF 854 KB

Mystic River Watershed 2004-2008 Water Quality Assessment Report

MS Word 3 MB | PDF 2.4 MB
Errata sheet: Web page

Narragansett/Mt. Hope Bay Watershed - 1999

Section I: MS Word 1.6 MB | Section II: MS Word 495 KB
Section III: MS Word 1.8 MB | Section IV: MS Word 2.1 MB

Narragansett/Mt. Hope Bay Watershed - 2004-2008

Report: MS Word 4.2 MB | PDF 1.3 MB
Appendix A, Assessment Methodology: MS Word 148 KB | PDF 207 KB
Appendix B, Summary of North Watuppa Pond Fish Toxics Monitoring 1989-2007: MS Word 73 KB | PDF 83 KB
Appendix C, Summary of Water Management Act Registration & Permitting and NPDES Permitting in Narragansett/Mt Hope Bay Watersheds: MS Word 323 KB | PDF 131 KB

Nashua River Basin - 1998

Section I: MS Word 981 KB | Section II: MS Word 339 KB
Section III: MS Word 7.5 MB | Section IV: MS Word 2.2 MB
Errata sheet: MS Word 34 KB

Nashua River Basin - 2003

Report: MS Word 2.7 MB | PDF 2.4 MB

Associated Technical Documents:
2003 Baseline Lakes Survey (Nashua Excerpt)
MS Word 1.1 MB | PDF 2.1 MB
Nashua River Watershed DWM 2003 Water Quality Monitoring Data
MS Word 1.7 MB | PDF 689 KB
Nashua River Watershed 2003 Periphyton
MS Word 94 KB | PDF 134 KB
North Nashua River 2003 Biological Assessment:
MS Word 970 KB | PDF 491 KB
Continuous Temperature Data on the Squannacook River
MS Word 256 KB | PDF 194 KB

Neponset River Watershed - 2004

Final Report: MS Word 1.7 MB | PDF 1.1 MB

North Coastal Watershed - 1997/1998

Section I: MS Word 822 KB | Section II: MS Word 251 KB
Section III: MS Word 1.8 MB | Section IV: MS Word 1.2 MB
Errata sheet: MS Word 26 KB

North Coastal Watershed - 2002

Executive Summary: MS Word 968 KB | PDF 1.4 MB
Report: MS Word 4.3 MB | PDF 4.8 MB
Appendix: MS Word 2.2 MB | PDF 877 KB

Parker River Watershed - 1999

MS Word 4.2 MB | PDF 2.7 MB

Parker River Watershed - 2004-2008 Assessment Report

MS Word 3.1 MB | PDF 1.1 MB

Shawsheen River Watershed - 2000

MS Word 3.29 MB | PDF 2.03 MB

South Shore Coastal Watersheds - 2001

Executive Summary: MS Word 1.9 MB | PDF 953 KB
Introduction, Rivers/Estuaries: MS Word 4.3 MB | PDF 4.2 MB
Lakes: MS Word 1.2 MB | PDF 1 MB
Appendices: MS Word 2.4 MB | PDF 717 KB

SuAsCo Watershed - 2001

Executive Summary/Introduction: MS Word 1.39 MB | PDF 1.2 MB
Assabet Subwatershed: MS Word 2.75 MB | PDF 2.2 MB
Sudbury Subwatershed: MS Word 1.9 MB | PDF 1.35 MB
Concord Subwatershed: MS Word 1.2 MB | PDF 726 KB
Lakes/References: MS Word 1.4 MB | PDF 556 KB
Appendices: MS Word 4.1 MB | PDF 1.75 MB

Taunton River Watershed - 2001

Executive Summary/Introduction: MS Word 1.5 MB | PDF 648 KB
Taunton River/Tributaries: MS Word 2.8 MB | PDF 1.6 MB
Subwatersheds: MS Word 4.8 MB | PDF 3.3 MB
Appendices: MS Word 3.8 MB | PDF 1.2 MB

Ten Mile River Basin - 1997

Section I: MS Word 345 KB | Section II: MS Word 251 KB
Section III: MS Word 2.7 MB | Section IV: MS Word 959 KB
Errata sheet: MS Word 24 KB

Ten Mile River Watershed - 2002

Report: MS Word 1.5 MB | PDF 784 KB
Appendices: MS Word 2.2 MB | PDF 887 KB

Westfield River Watershed - 2001

Report: MS Word 3.8 MB | PDF 2.4 MB
Appendices: MS Word 3 MB | PDF 917 KB

Weymouth & Weir River Basin - 2004

MS Word 2.4 MB | PDF 1.7 MB

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