MWA Hosts Lake Stewards of Maine Volunteers
Executive Director Tim Trumbauer and Board Member Paul Leeper were pleased to welcome volunteer water quality monitors from throughout the region for an annual training hosted by the Lake Stewards of Maine. The Lake Stewards of Maine volunteer program is a community-based monitoring program that certifies volunteers and water quality professionals in sampling techniques, ensuring accurate water quality data. Current there are approximately 500 certified monitors throughout the state - that’s a lot of volunteers generating a lot of great data on behalf of our lakes and ponds!
Monitors, including those on Megunticook Lake and Norton Pond collect water clarity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and phosphorus levels.
The Megunticook Watershed Association has participated in the program since 1975.
