Water Quality
Did you Know?
Did you know that all of the earth’s fresh water represents less than 1/10 of a percent (0.1%) of our entire planets water source? We must protect this precious and vulnerable resource!
- 94% fills our oceans
- 2% remains trapped in glaciers and snow caps
- 4% lies under ground
- Only .1% of all the Earth's water is fresh water
Our Program
Mass WWP is a volunteer water quality-monitoring organization based at U Mass, Amherst. Their mission is to train and support volunteers to perform water quality sampling and analysis. Our sampling program began in 1994 and is still going strong! Our volunteers sample every month between April and October for clarity, pH, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, temperature, phosphorus, and chlorophyll. It is important take the samples at the same location to ensure data quality and consistency. The data provides important information about the condition of our lake. Over time we will be able to look for trends to determine whether the water quality is changing.Check out the sampling locations.
Interpreting Water Quality Data
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Graphs and Charts
Historical Trends
Historical Data