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Weed Monitoring, E. Coli Testing Season Begins for Dudley Pond

Wayland Patch 6/6/13: Weed Monitoring, E. Coli Testing Season Begins for Dudley Pond. It already feels like summer and the weather is bringing plenty of…

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Wayland and Framingham Share DCR Grant for Lake Cochituate

Wayland Patch 3/6/13: Wayland and Framingham Share DCR Grant for Lake Cochituate. Wayland’s Surface Water Quality Committee has the funds to continue its war on invasive plants thanks to a joint grant awarded to the committee and the Framingham Conservation Commission.

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Grant received for managing invasive weeds in North Pond

Wayland Town Crier 5/6/12: Grant received for managing invasive weeds in North Pond. The state Department of Conservation and Recreation has announced that Wayland's Surface Water Quality Committee and Framingham's Conservation Commission have received a two-to-one matching grant for the management of invasive weeds in North Pond of Lake Cochituate-Cochituate State Park. Soon residents will see the milfoil fragment barrier deployed at the Route 30 inflow. "Our goal will be to control using diver hand pulling, with resort to herbicide spot treatment if necessary," said Mike Lowery of the Surface Water Quality Committee. "Wayland is blessed to share North Pond with Framingham and with all the citizens of the commonwealth," Lowery said. "Shared financing and management responsibilities have worked well over the last three years to protect our jewel — North Pond of Cochituate State Park."

The letter from DCR is available online here.

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E. coli levels down in all areas of Dudley Pond

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.

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E.coli counts continue to go down at Mansion Beach in Wayland

Wayland Town Crier 7/13/11: E.coli counts continue to go down at Mansion Beach in Wayland . Surface Water Quality Committee member Mike Lowery is happy to report that E.coli counts have continued to drop at Mansion Beach in Wayland. "Keeping the beach clean and discouraging water fowl — and perhaps a little rain — may be helping," he said, adding that the plastic "Wile E. Coyote III has been on water fowl discouragement duty for three days now to good effect. "We will continue to test weekly. Thanks to Molly Upton for doing the sampling and to the Health Department for arranging the pickup and analyses."

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Wayland High School students become ‘weed warriors’

Wayland Town Crier 5/15/11: Wayland High School students become ‘weed warriors’. Students in Ms. Riseman’s Wayland High School honors biology class were tasked with “a…

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