Spring 2024 Water Quality Update
Keeping Cobbetts Pond Healthy for Future Generations
2024 Spring CPIA (Cobbetts Pond Improvement Association)
Water Quality Update
THANK YOU, WINDHAM PLANNING BOARD AND VOTERS,
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING VOTERS APPROVE WINDHAM SURFACE WATER WATERSHED PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT ORDINANCE (WPOD) AMENDMENT PROHIBITING THE APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS OR PESTICIDES WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PREVAILING HIGH-WATER MARK
(SHORELINE) OF ANY PUBLIC WATER BODY OR THEIR TRIBUTARIES OR WETLANDS.
THIS ORDINANCE WILL REDUCE THE IMPACT OF STORMWATER RUNOFF IN COBBETTS POND.
WEATHER CHANGES HAVE MAJOR IMPACT ON NEW HAMPSHIRE LAKES’ WATER QUALITY.
Cobbetts Pond had a very short Ice coverage 2023-2024 with ICE IN recorded
January 17th and Ice Out recorded February 28th. New Hampshire experienced its warmest winter on record this year. Read more from CNN here. New Hampshire wettest ever summer recorded in 2023, New Hampshire had its wettest summer on record I New Hampshire Public Radio (nhpr.org). These weather conditions have negatively impacted lakes, ponds, streams, and rivers’ water quality. Stormwater runoff is a major concern throughout New Hampshire.