Wayland Town Crier 7/31/13: Committee offers recommendations on Dudley Woods in Wayland. After more than 22 meetings over the last two years, the Dudley Area…

Wayland Patch 10/12/12: State Department of Health Tests Mansion Beach Water for Bacteria. The first of two rounds of testing at Wayland’s Mansion Beach revealed cynobacteria levels well below the state’s recommended guideline.

Wayland Town Crier 7/23/12: Weeds choke local lakes. On bright, beautiful summer afternoons, Michael Lowery often heads for the deck of his Wayland home overlooking Dudley…

16th Annual Event Is Open to all Runners and Walkers, Adults and Kids; USATF-Sanctioned The 16th annual Dudley Pond Run will be held Sunday, September 23.  Proceeds…

Wayland Town Crier 10/20/11: Committee continues to work toward proposal at Dudley Pond. An advisory committee is continuing to try to find common group on the fate of a 7-and-a-half acre parcel of town-owned land on the east side of Dudley Pond. The Dudley Area Advisory Committee welcomed back consultants from Tighe & Bond last Wednesday night to assess the first two public “charrettes” held so far and figure out the next steps before the committee brings a proposal forward to the Board of Selectmen. Among the common themes discussed by residents at the first charrette in June were preserving the 7-and-a-half acres around Pond Drive and Curtiss Road as open space, creating a septic field to help homes around the pond with failed septic systems, and improving public access to Rocky Point at the end of Doran Road.

Wayland Patch 10/17/11: Dudley Area Advisory Committee Hears Summary of Charrettes. The Dudley Area Advisory Committee Thursday night heard a summary of two charrettes held earlier this year related to the future use and design of the seven-and-a-half acres of land known as the Dudley Conservation Area.

Wayland Town Crier 9/5/11: E. coli levels down in all areas of Dudley Pond. The final set of sample results show E. coli levels down in all areas of Dudley Pond. Over the 12 weeks of testing we had two instances of E. coli being above the state limits at one of the four areas tested — Mansion Beach. These results suggest that:

• Dudley Pond is sensitive to additional nutrient loading.
• Improvements are needed in stormwater management and street runoff.
• Regulations should be considered for fertilizer use in the Dudley Pond watershed.
• Regulations should be considered for septic inspection, septic record keeping, and nutrient controls from septic systems.
• Sampling for E. coli should be continued in 2012.

The Surface Water Quality Committee appreciates the support of the Health Department in facilitating this testing.