Update on Jaffrey Lake
Information on Nitrates and Phosphates in Jaffrey City Lake
The Plan
What the City is Doing
A three step plan is going to be implemented in order to help Jaffrey City Lake. The first step is to start an awareness campaign. The campaign, which this flyer is part of, will help to raise awareness about the nutrient pollution problems in Jaffrey City Lake. The plans second step is to create agricultural intensives in order to limit the amount of nitrates that come from farming by the West Side Park. The third and finial step in the plan includes further testing in the lake. More tests would allow city officials to know the exact sources of pollution and help to create another way to help the lake.
Jaffrey Lake Test Results
The nutrient testing in Jaffrey City Lake has been completed and the results are in. The most polluted areas of the lake include the area outside of the main water treatment facility, areas along west side park, by the farmland, and the area directly outside of South Jaffrey City. The results show that out of the locations tested location 3, outside of the main water treatment facility, and location 18, by west side park, have levels of phosphates above 2.5 ppm. Locations 13, by west side park and west housing, and 5, directly outside of Jaffrey City have phosphate levels between .5 and 2.5 ppm. For nitrates location 3 is the only location with over 25 ppm of nitrates. Locations 13, 18, 33, between the industry and west side park , and 39 outside of South Jaffrey. Overall, the test results show that Jaffrey City citizens and business owners must improve how they treat the water in Jaffrey City Lake.
Jaffrey City Lake Testing Cites
This is the map of all the testing cites in Jaffrey City, some of which were mentioned above in the testing results recap.
Nitrate Testing Results
This map shows the results from the nitrate testing in Jaffrey City Lake. As you can see, locations 3, 13, 18, 33, and 39 have the highest nitrate levels.
Phosphate Testing Results
This map shows the results from the nitrate testing in Jaffrey City Lake. The areas with the worst phosphate levels include 3, 18, 13, and 5.
How You Can Help
There are many actions that the Jaffrey City community can do to help Jaffrey City Lake. Some of these actions include, recycling, composting and not dumping waste, not using fertilizers, and donating to the awareness campaign. Recycling and composting will help to make less waste and therefore less waste will be dumping into Jaffrey City Lake. As well as dumping waste another large source of pollution in the lake is fertilizers. It is encouraged that Jaffrey City citizens stop using fertilizers in there yards and gardens. Lawn fertilizers can be replaced with eco-friendly fertilizes. The finial way that Jaffrey City residents can help Jaffrey City Lake is to donate to the awareness campaign. Donations from the awareness campaign will be saved and used for further testing and research in Jaffrey City Lake.
Remember: Pollute Like Your Kids Live Here
Contact for Questions
If you have any questions about Jaffrey City Lake or the plan to help it please feel free to contact us.
Email: jaffreycitylakeproblem@jc.org
Location: 2635 Main Street, Jaffrey City
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