Water Quality
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This New England Lakes and Ponds (NELP) project report is designed to serve as a useful resource for evaluating the overall health of the region’s lakes and ponds and for taking steps to restore water body integrity, where needed. It is intended for use by a broad group of stakeholders, managers, and policymakers throughout the region.
The report consists of the following key components:
• Findings of a multi-year, probability-based
assessment of the ecological health and
integrity of New England’s lakes and ponds,
comparing these findings with those from
research undertaken simultaneously at
the national level. The assessment provides
a characterization of the overall condition of
regional water bodies and identifies associated
stressors based on statistically representative
survey samples.
• A description of innovative lake management
assessment tools and technologies developed
and tested as part of this project through
collaborations with state and federal agencies
and academic institutions.
• A Lake Attitash case study, showcasing one
approach to assessing lake condition that
illustrates what can be accomplished through
collaborative partnerships. It describes efforts
to implement and develop new technologies
that can be transferred and shared with other
stakeholders, bringing together the various
pieces of information collected during this
project.
• Access to tools, data, and other useful
information for lake managers and decision
makers, which includes links to this project’s
companion website www.epa.gov/region1/lab/nelp.html
and other resources.
Please download the report in its entirety, or by section, below: