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Lake Clean Up – 4/6/19
In coordination with Shrewsbury’s Parks and Recreation, gather your group, club, church, neighbors or family and help spruce up the town after the winter.
Consider joining one of the already established locations or select your own. We’ll(LQWA) be at Flint Pond, State Boat Ramp and Gauch Park between 8a.m. and 12noon.
Hope to see you there! Sign up here or just show up! Be sure to bring gloves and wear your least favorite clothes. 🙂
For more information view the Town of Shrewsbury’s announcement.
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General Meeting – 4/17/19
LQWA will hold its general meeting on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. at the Worcester Marine Corps League (181 Lake Ave. in Worcester).
AGENDA TBA
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Lake Drawdown to Begin Nov. 1, 2018
The Lake Quinsigamond Commission plans to lower the water level, or draw down, Lake Quinsigamond and Flint Pond on or about Thursday, November 1, 2018. The Irish Dam in Grafton will be lowered two or three inches a day until the water elevation in Lake Quinsigamond and Flint Pond is twenty-four to thirty inches lower than normal. The purpose of the draw down is to expose the roots of nuisance aquatic vegetation proliferating in Lake Quinsigamond and Flint Pond to freezing temperatures and thereby reducing some of the heavy weed growth along the shoreline and in the shallow areas of the lake and pond. This proposal has been subject to public hearings and is approved by the Conservation Commissions in Worcester, Grafton and Shrewsbury and the MA Department of Environmental Protection. This is your notice that the 2018-2019 draw down is about to begin. Lake Quinsigamond and Flint Pond will be refilled by April 2019.
For further information see Lake Quinisgamond Commission
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Public Health Lake Advisory-Lifted
Posted 6/28/2018
Public Health Advisory Lifted
The Health Advisory for Flint Pond and Gauch Park area of Lake Quinsigamond has been Lifted.
This information was obtained from the Lake Quinsigamond Commission website, no further information available to us at this time.
Posted 6/25/2018
Public Health Advisory Lakes and Ponds
The Shrewsbury Board of Health is advising the public to avoid contact with water at the following locations: Dean Park Pond, Flint Pond, and the North end of Lake Quinsigamond near Gauch Park. The water will be retested until there is no longer a threat to public health. Please be advised to avoid contact with surface waters.
This information was obtained from the Lake Quinsigamond Commission website, no further information available to us at this time.
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Officials To Lower Water Level Of Lake Quinsigamond, Flint Pond
WORCESTER, MA—The Lake Quinsigamond Commission plans to lower the water level, or draw down, Lake Quinsigamond and Flint Pond on or about Thursday, Nov. 2, it said in an announcement.
The Irish Dam in Grafton will be lowered two or three inches a day until the water elevation in Lake Quinsigamond and Flint Pond is 24 to 30 inches lower than normal. The purpose of the draw down is to expose the roots of nuisance aquatic vegetation proliferating in Lake Quinsigamond and Flint Pond to freezing temperatures and thereby reducing some of the heavy weed growth along the shoreline and in the shallow areas of the lake and pond.
Photo via town of Shrewsbury
article By Charlene Arsenault (Patch Staff) – Updated Oct 21, 2017 3:39 pm ET
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Cyanobacteria Monitoring – September 2017
Synura
General Findings: This month ( Sept 2017), we saw a significant reduction in the number of algae and cyanobacteria found in the samples. We found Anabaena in several locations, in addition to making a few new identifications. We identified the cyanobacteria Chroococcus, a microcystin producer that creates colonies of 2, 4 or 8 sheathed cells. We also found a new alga, Synura, which has silicate scales and spines. There were some forms what we were not able to identify. For the first time, we found no Microcystis at all.
by Jacquelyn Burmeister
City of Worcester
Environmental Analyst, Lakes and Ponds
DPW&P Water Operations Division
http://www.worcesterma.gov/dpw/water-sewer-operations/lakes-and-ponds