Merrimack watershed bacteria results: June 25, 2019
Dear River and Watershed Friends,
Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program volunteers began the bacteria sampling season with 100% sampling at 100% of the eleven sites on the Merrimack River from Franklin to Bow and on the Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, and Contoocook Rivers. This week begins an excellent trend.
All other samples are below the Class A standard and well within the Class B standard.
The results shown below are the probable number of E. coli bacteria colonies for every 100 millilitres of water. Warm blooded animals (including humans) all have E. coli in their guts. State designated swim beaches are not allowed to exceed 88 colonies and Class B waters (all of our sites are Class B waters) should be below 406 colonies. Here are the details.
| Site number and description | |
| 1 Pemigewasset | 86 |
| 2 Winnipesaukee | 20 |
| 3 Merrimack above FWWT Plant | 10 |
| 4 Merrimack below FWWT Plant | 31 |
| 5 Merrimack Jamie Welch Park | 75 |
| 6 Merrimack Route 4 Bypass | 74 |
| 7 Contoocook at Rivco | 30 |
| 8 Merrimack Sewalls Falls | 52 |
| 9 Merrimack Manchester St | 41 |
| 10 Merrimack Blue Seal | 52 |
| 11 Merrimack Garvins Falls | 31 |
You’ll hear from us again after the July 9 sampling day.
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Sincerely,
Michele L Tremblay Stephen C Landry
Program Manager Sampling Supervisor