United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Region I
J.F. Kennedy Federal Building
Boston, MA 02203
&EPA
CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM
AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
September, 1981
(Water quality problem areas not projected
to meet fishable-swimmable goals of the
Clean Water Act by 1983 even with the con-
trol of all point source discharges.)
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM
AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
September, 1981
(Water quality problem areas not projected
to meet fishable-swimmable goals of the
Clean Water Act by 1983 even with the con-
trol of all point source discharges.)
COMPILED BY; Water Quality Branch, EPA Region I
in cooperation with:
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
New Hampshire Water Supply & Pollution Control
Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Massachusetts Division of Water Pollution Control
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Protection
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM
AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
Background
The following tables list the "Critical Water Quality Problem areas in New
England". Critical water quality areas are defined as those areas that are
not likely to meet the fishable-swimmable goals of the Clean Water Act by
1983 even with the achievement of current permit limitations at all municipal
and industrial point sources.
Critical areas are, therefore, those water areas with such severe pollution
loading and/or minimal assimilative capacity that fishable-swimmable water
quality standards violations will result even after all point sources are
under control. The conditions that may cause a water area to be classified
as a "critical water quality problem area", either singly, but usually in
combination, are listed below:
1. Combined sewer overflows;
2. Low flow conditions either naturally occurring or caused
by impoundments;
3. Bottom sediments and sludge deposits;
4. Exceedingly large municipal and/or industrial discharge
loadings;
5. Toxic substances; and
6. Nonpoint source loadings (agricultural, urban runoff,
etc.).
The listing of critical areas and the accompanying map are intended to help
focus local, State, and Federal attention and efforts on these particular com-
plex water quality problem areas. These listings will be useful in surfacing
the tough policy decisions and initiating the negotiations required to solve
these critical problems.
The critical areas listings were compiled using the 305(b) Water Quality Inven-
tories and 303(e) Basin Plans prepared by the States as well as information
available to EPA staff. This listing has been prepared using the best informa-
tion available to date and will be revised as additional information is
developed.
Although the eutrophication of lakes and impoundments is recognized as a critical
water quality problem, specific bodies of water currently demonstrating intense
eutropication are not included in the listing. The reasoning behind their
exclusion is that all lakes and impoundments represent fragile systems which
should receive special attention and consideration in terms of water quality pro-
tection and management whether or not they are currently demonstrating eutrophic
signs.
The amount of information currently available on toxic substances, their concen-
tration and location, in New England's waters is extremely limited at this time.
Therefore, the listing presents a limited insight into these waters impacted by
toxic substances.
The listings have been reviewed by State water pollution control agency staffs.
Nevertheless, the listings are intended as a guide subject to further refinement
and discussion as additional information is made available.
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of MAINE
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of water Problems
Sebasticook River
East Branch Sebasti-
cook
Presumpscot River
Presumpscot River
Fore River - Portland
Harbor
Spurwink River
Saco River
Penobscot River
Hartland Municipal
Outfall to conflu-
ence with Kennebec
River
Dexter to conflu-
ence with Sebasti-
cook River
SD Warren Outfall in
Westbrook to head of
tide in Falmouth
Gorham
Portland
Cape Elizabeth
Biddeford
From confluence of
Millinocket Stream
to Weidon Dam
40
14
1
1
3.3
3
17
Dissolved oxygen,
solids, chromium
Dissolved oxygen,
color, solids,
nutrients
Dissolved oxygen,
fecal coliform,
solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform
Coliform, solids
Dissolved oxygen,
solids
Joint Municipal and Industrial
Discharge: Irving Tanning,
Hartland
Low Flow
Municipal Discharges: Dexter,
Corrina, Newport
Industrial Discharges: East-
land Woolen
Combined Sewers: Dexter,
Corrina, Newport
Municipal Discharges: West-
brook
Industrial Discharges: S.D.
Warren Paper Mill
Combined Sewers: Westbrook
Low Flow (flow regulation)
Benthic Demand
Combined Sewers: Gorham
Combined Sewers: Portland
Municipal Discharge
Combined Sewers: Biddeford
Municipal Discharges: Milli-
nocket, East Mil-
linocket, Medway
Industrial Discharges: Great
Northern Paper
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of MAINE
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of Water Problems
Penobscot River
Penobscot River
Penobscot River
Penobscot River
St. John River
Aroostook River
Brewer, Bangor
Old Town, Milford
Howland
Lincoln
From Eraser Paper
outfall near Mada-
waska to U.S.
Canadian Border
From Presque Isle
Stream to U.S.-
Canadian Border
Fort Fairfield
1
1
35
28
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Dissolved oxygen,
solids, coliform
Dissolved oxygen,
coliform
Combined Sewers: Brewer,
Bangor
Combined Sewers: Old Town,
Milford
Combined Sewers: Howland
Combined Sewers: Lincoln
Municipal Discharges: Van
Buren, Madawaska
Industrial Discharges: Eraser
Paper (Canadian
discharge)
Combined Sewers: Madawaska,
Van Buren, Fort
Kent
Municipal Discharges: Presque
Isle, Fort Fair-
field Utility
District, Caribou
Combined Sewers: Fort Fair-
field, Presque
Isle
Industrial Discharges: Potato
Services Inc.
Colby Co-op.
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of MAINE
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of water Problems
Aroostook River
Meduxnekeag River
Piscataquis River
St. Croix River
St. Croix River
Togus Stream
Kennebec River
Kennebec River
Kennebec River
Kennebec River
Kennebec River
Washburn
Houlton
Dover-Foxcroft
Danforth
From Georgia Pacific
outfall in Woodland
to tidewater in
Calais
Augusta
Bath
From Augusta to
Richmond
Waterville to
Winslow
Skowhegan
Winthrop, tributary
lakes
1
1
1
1
10
6
1±
15
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Dissolved oxygen,
coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Combined Sewers: Washburn
Combined Sewers: Houlton
Combined Sewers: Dover-
Foxcroft
Combined Sewers: Danforth
Municipal Discharges: Bailey-
ville, Calais
Industrial Discharges: Georgia
Pacific
Combined Sewers: Calais,
Baileyville
Veteran's Hospital
Combined Sewers: Bath
Combined Sewers: Augusta,
Hallowell, Farmingdale,
Gardiner, S. Gardiner,
Randolph, Richmond
Combined Sewers: Winslow,
Waterville
Combined Sewers: Skowhegan
Combined Sewers: Winthrop
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of MAINE
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of Water Problems
Little Androscoggin
From South Paris to
Oxford
Dissolved oxygen,
heavy metals,
fecal coliform
Industrial Discharges: A.C.
Lawrence, A.L.
Stewart
Municipal Discharges: Paris,
S. Paris, Norway
Combined Sewers:
Low Flow
Paris, Norway
Little Androscoggin
River
Androscoggin River
Mechanic Falls
Rumford to head
of tide (Brunswick)
90
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
St. George River
Thomaston
Coliform, solids
Combined Sewers: Mechanic
Falls
Industrial Discharges: Rum-
ford, Mexico, Dix-
field, Livermore
Falls
Municipal Discharges: Rum-
ford, Mexico, Dix-
field, Livermore
Falls
Combined Sewers: Rumford,
Mexico, Dixfield,
Livermore Falls
Lewiston, Auburn
Combined Sewers: Thomaston
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of MAINE
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of water Problems
Machias River
Carabassett River
Fish Stream
Mousam River
Goosefare Brook
West Stream
Messalonskee River
Mattawamkeag River
Pleasant River
Castine Harbor
Camden Tidewater
Rockland Harbor
Machias
Kingfield
Patten
From outfall of the
Sanford Sewage Dis-
trict to the tide-
water
From the outfall at
Maremont Corp. in
Saco to the tidewater
North Berwick
Oakland
Island Falls
Brownville
Castine
Camden
Rockland
1
1
1
12
2.5
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Dissolved oxygen,
nutrients, coli-
form
Metals
Metals
Coliform,
Coliform,
Coliform,
Coliform,
Coliform,
Coliform,
solids
solids
solids
solids
solids
solids
Combined Sewers: Machias
Combined Sewers: Kingfield
Combined Sewers: Patten
Municipal Discharges: Sanford
Combined Sewers: Sanford
Impoundments
Low Flow
Industrial Discharges: Mare-
mont Corp.
Low Flow
Sediments
Pratt and Whitney - low flows,
metals
Combined Sewers: Oakland
Combined Sewers: Island Falls
Combined Sewers: Brownville
Combined Sewers: Castine
Combined Sewers: Camden
Combined Sewers: Rockland
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of MAINE
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of Water Problems
Boothbay Harbor
Bar Harbor - Coastal
Waters
Narraguagus River
Piscataqua River
oo
Boothbay
Bar Harbor
Milbridge
Kittery
1
1
1
1
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Combined Sewers: Boothbay
Combined Sewers: Bar Harbor
Combined Sewers: Milbridge
Combined Sewers: Kittery
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of CONNECTICUT
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of Water Problems
Connecticut River
Quinnipiac River
Park River
Thames River
Bridgeport Harbor
From CT-MA line to
East Haddam (Hart-
ford & Middletown)
From Mouth of Quin-
nipiac to shellfish
line New Haven Harbor
From West Hartford
to Connecticut River
From Yantic and
Shetucket River in
Norwich to Montville
From point of entry
of tributary stream
to shellfish closure
lines
54
High coliform
bacteria, solids
6.0
Dissolved oxygen,
high coliform,
solids, metals,
organic chemicals
Dissolved oxygen,
oil, grease,
solids, metals
N/A
Dissolved oxygen,
coliform, solids
Coliform, solids,
sediments, nutri-
ents
Combined Sewers:
CT: Hartford, Enfield, Middle-
town
MA: Springfield, Chicopee,
Hadley, Holyoke, Northamp-
ton, West Springfield
Urban Runoff
Combined Sewers: New Haven
Municipal Discharges: New
Haven and upstream
STP1 s
Urban Runoff
Industrial Discharges
Combined Sewers: West Hart-
ford, Hartford
Bottom Sediments
Nonpoint Sources: Urban Run-
off
Low Flow
Industrial Discharges
Combined Sewers: Norwich,
Griswold (Jewett
City)
Urban Runoff
Combined Sewers:
Urban Runoff
Bridgeport
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of CONNECTICUT
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of Water Problems
Norwalk Harbor
Housatonic River
Housatonic River
French River
Quinebaug River
Mill River
From point of entry
of tributary streams
to shellfish closure
lines
From confluence with
Naugatuck River to
Parkway Bridge
From MA state line to
dam forming Lake Zoar
From MA state line to
to confluence with
Quinebaug River
From MA state line to
confluence with Five
Mile River
From Lake Whitney Dam
to mouth at Fairfield
N/A
Coliform, solids,
sediments, dis-
solved oxygen,
metals
Coliform
51
Toxics (PCBs),
nutrients, algal
blooms
16
Dissolved oxygen,
solids, coliform,
nutrients, metals
Dissolved oxygen,
solids, coliform
Metals, dissolved
oxygen, solids,
nutrients
Combined Sewers:
Urban Runoff
Norwalk
Combined Sewers: Derby, Shel-
ton
Municipal and Industrial Dis-
charges: Ansonia, Derby, Shel-
ton, Milford,
Stratford
Urban Runoff
Bottom Sediments (PCBs)
Municipal Discharges: Pitts-
field, Danbury,
Bethel
Nonpoint Sources
Hydropower Influences
Discharges in MA
Low Stream Flow
Bottom Sediments
Impoundments
Discharges in MA
Nonpoint Source (land fill)
Bottom Sediments
Contaminated Sediments
Combined Sewers
Urban Runoff
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of CONNECTICUT
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
causes of water Problems
1
Naugatuck River
Pequonnock River
From Steele Brook in
Waterbury to the
mouth at Ansonia
From Pond outlet to
mouth
20
Dissolved oxygen,
coliform, toxics,
metals
Dissolved oxygen,
solids, metals
Municipal and Industrial Dis-
charges: Thomaston, Watertown,
Waterbury, Nauga-
tuck, Ansonia,
Derby
Bottom Sediments
Combined Sewers: Waterbury,
Derby, Ansonia
Combined Sewers
Urban Runoff
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of NEW HAMPSHIRE
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
causes of water Problems
Merrimack River
Nashua River
Merrimack River
Ashuelot River
Androscoggin River*
Amoskeag Dam to Cohas
Brook in Manchester
Nashua, NH to con-
fluence with Merri-
mack
Nashua River to state
line
Winchester, NH to
Connecticut River
Berlin, NH to Maine
border
5.5
10
16
Suspended solids,
coliform
Suspended solids,
dissolved oxygen
Suspended solids,
dissolved oxygen,
coliform
Suspended solids,
dissolved oxygen,
coliform
Suspended solids,
dissolved oxygen,
coliform
Combined Sewers: Manchester
Impoundments
Massachusetts Bottom Sediments
Impoundments
Impact of Nashua River
Municipal and Industrial Dis-
charges: Winchester, Hinsdale
(NPDES Permits
written for Class
C)
Low Flow
Industrial Discharges: Berlin
(NPDES Permits
written for Class
C)
*May be removed from list subject to future studies.
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of RHODE ISLAND
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of Water Problems
Blackstone River
Clear River and
Branch River
Moshassuck River
West River (Geneva
Brook)
North Branch Pawtuxet
River
South Branch Pawtuxet
River
From confluence with
Branch River to Main
Street Dam, Pawtuc-
ket
From the Burrillvil-le
discharge to Slater-
ville Reservoir
From Saylesville
to confluence with
Woonasquatucket River
Providence City line
to confluence with
Moshassuck River
From Rt. 116 bridge
to confluence with
South Branch
From South Main
Street bridge in
Coventry to conflu-
ence with North
Branch
17
2.6
4.9
2.0
3.9
7.0
Dissolved oxygen/
coliform
Coliform
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform
Dissolved oxygen,
coliform
Municipal Discharges: Woon-
socket STP
Industrial Discharges: Woon-
socket, Central
Falls, Cumberland
Combined Sewer Overflows
Burrillville Municipal Dis-
charge
Low flow
Combined Sewer Overflows:
Central Falls,
Pawtucket, Provi-
dence
Combined Sewer Overflows: Pro-
vidence
Industrial Discharge: Falvey
Linen
Urban Runoff
Low Flow
Industrial Discharges: Coven-
try, West Warwick,
American Hoechst
Raw sewage discharge in Wash-
ington and Anthony
Low Flow
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of RHODE ISLAND
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of Water Problems
Pawtuxet River
Pocasset River
Mashapaug Brook
Woonasquatucket River
Pawcatuck River
Pawcatuck River
From confluence of
North and South
Branches to Provi-
dence River
From Prints Works
Pond to Pawtuxet
mainstem
From Mashapaug Pond
to Roger William Park
From Smithfield STP
outfall to Providence
River
From Kenyon Piece Dye
Works to Carolina
Mill Pond
From Bradford Dyeing
Association discharge
to Route 3 Bridge
11.7
3.1
3.0
8.0
1.9
4.4
Dissolved oxygen,
coliform
Coliform
Dissolved oxygen,
coliform
Coliform
Coliform
Coliform
Municipal Discharges: Warwick,
STP, Cranston STP,
W. Warwick STP
Industrial Discharges: Ciba-
Geigy
Low Flow
Urban Runoff
Urban Runoff; drainage from
zoo, Fa1staff Brew-
ing Co.
Industrial Discharge: Provi-
dence
Low Flow
Municipal Discharge: Smith-
field
Combined Sewer Overflows: Pro-
vidence
Kenyon Piece Dye Works Dis-
charge
Bradford Dyeing Association &
Imperial Wallpaper
Co. Discharges
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of RHODE' ISLAND
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of Water Problems
Paweatuck River
Estuary & Pawcatuck
River
Seekonk River
Providence River
Ten Mile River
Mount Hope Bay
Narragansett Bay
Queen River
From White Rock Sec-
tion in Westerly to
Mouth at Rhodes
Point
*
From Main Street Dam
in Pawtucket to Pro-
vidence River
From confluence of
Woonasquatucket and
Moshassuck River to
Upper Narragansett
Bay
From Mass, state line
to mouth
East portion of Mt.
Hope Bay bordering
Mass, state line
Localized pollution
in harbors and vicin-
ity of point sources
of pollution
From Ladd School STP
discharge to conflu-
ence with Queen's
Brook
4.0
4.8
1740A
1922A
0.6
Coliform, solids
Dissolved oxygen,
coliform, solids
Dissolved oxygen,
coliform, solids
Heavy metals,
dissolved oxygen
Dissolved oxygen,
coliform, oil,
and grease
Coliform, solids
Coliform
Municipal Discharges: Westerly
STP
Individual Discharges in Rhode
Island
Combined Sewer Overflows:
Blackstone Valley
District Com. STP
Combined Sewer Overflows: Pro
vidence
Municipal Discharges: Provi-
dence STP, East
Providence STP
Wastewater discharges in
Massachusetts
Municipal and Industrial Dis-
charges in Massa-
chusetts
Combined Sewers: Fall River
Municipal and Industrial Dis-
charges, marinas,
stormwater runoff
Combined Sewers: Newport, Pro
vidence
Institutional Discharge at
Ladd School
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State Of RHODE ISLAND
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of Water Problems
Wood River
Ashaway River
From Wyoming Pond
Dam to U.S.G.S.
gaging station south
of Hope Valley
From Ashaway Road
Bridge to the conflu-
ence with the Pawca-
tuck River
1.8
Coliform
0.9
Coliform
Individual Sewage Discharges
in Hope Valley
Individual Sewage Discharges
in Ashaway
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of MASSACHUSETTS
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of Water Problems
Blackstone River
Boston Harbor
Mystic River
Charles River
Charles River
Chicopee River
Connecticut River
Hop Brook (Tributary
to Sudbury River)
Assabet River
Worcester to Rice
City Pond
Inner Harbor
Lower Mystic
Charles Basin
Milford to Medfield
Route 33 Chicopee
Falls to Connecticut
River
Holyoke to Connecti-
cut state line
Marlborough East WWTP
to Sudbury River
Headwaters to Sudbury
River
16
N/A
2.0
9.8
29
3.0
16
9.7
32
Dissolved oxygen,
coliform, solids
Dissolved oxygen,
nutrients,
solids, oil and
grease, coliform
Dissolved oxygen,
nutrients
Dissolved oxygen,
coliform, toxic
substances
Coliform, solids,
oil and grease
Dissolved oxygen,
nutrients, coli-
form
Dissolved oxygen,
nutrients
Combined Sewers: Worcester
Sediments in impoundments
Low Flow
Combined Sewers
Urban runoff from Boston and
Metropolitan area
Natural conditions, WWTP efflu-
ent, (low flow, low gradient)
Sediments in impoundments
Combined Sewers: Chicopee,
Springfield
Combined Sewers: Holyoke,
Chicopee, Spring-
field
Municipal Discharge: Marl-
borough East WWTP
Extreme Low Flow
Impoundments
Municipal Discharges: West-
borough, Shrews-
bury, Hudson, May-
nard, Marlborough
Extreme Low Flow
Impoundments
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of MASSACHUSETTS
Name of Water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of Water Problems
French River
Housatonic River
i
H
00
Merrimack River
Nashua River
New Bedford Harbor
Ten Mile River
Webster-Dudley to
Connecticut state
line
Pittsfield to Con-
necticut state line
Lowell to Merrimac
North Branch, Fitch-
burg to mainstem con-
fluence
Inner Harbor, lower
portion of Acushnet
River
Headwaters in Plain-
ville to Seekonk
River
62
29
19.6
20.0
Dissolved oxygen,
nutrients
Dissolved oxygen,
nutrients, PCB's
Coliform, oil and
grease, solids
Dissolved oxygen,
coliforms, plant
nutrients
Nutrients,
solids, oil and
grease, heavy
metals, coliform,
PCB's
Dissolved oxygen,
nutrients, sedi-
ment toxicity
Combined Municipal and Indus-
trial Wastewater: Webster &
Dudley
Bottom Sediments
Low Flow
Impoundments
Municipal Discharge: Pitts-
field
Industrial Discharge: General
Electric
Nonpoint Sources
Impoundments
Combined Sewers: Lowell,
Lawrence, and
Haverhill
Industrial Discharge: Fitch-
burg
Combined Sewers: Fitchburg
Low Flow
New Bedford Hurricane Barrier
New Bedford Combined Sewers
Harbor Sediments
Industrial Discharge: New
Bedford
Low Flow
Impoundments
Heavy metals in sediment
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of VERMONT
Name of Water Body
Barton River
Barton River
Battenkill River
Black River
Connecticut River
Lake Champlain
Dog River
Lamoille River
Lamoille River
McCabes Brook
Lake Memphremagog
Missisquoi River
Missisquoi River
North Branch and
Deerfield River
1
Location &
Description
Barton
Orleans
Manchester
Springfield
Windsor
Burlington Harbor
Northfield
Hardwick
Morrisville
Shelburne
Newport Bay
Enosburg
Swan ton
Wilmington
Miles Not |
Expected To |
Meet Fishable/ j
Swimmable Goals | Water Quality
By 1983 | Problems
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1* IColiform, solids
I
1* | Coliform, solids
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Problems
Barton
Orleans
Manchester
Springfield
Windsor
Burlington
Northfield
Hardwick
Morrisville
Shelburne
Newport
Enosburg
Swan ton
Wilmington
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of VERMONT
Name of Water Body
Otter Creek
Otter Creek
Otter Creek
Passumpsic River
Passumpsic River
Stevens Brook
Stevens Branch
Third Branch (White
River)
Walloomsac River
White River and
Connecticut River
Winooski River
Winooski River
Location &
Description
Rutland to Pittsford
Middlebury
Vergennes
Lyndon
St. Johnsbury
St. Albans
Barre, City of
Randolph
Bennington
White River Junction
Montpelier, City of
Waterbury
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
11.5
1±
1±
1*
1*
1*
1*
1*
1*
2*
4±
1*
Water Quality
Problems
Coliform, solids,
dissolved oxygen
Coliform, solids,
dissolved oxygen
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids
Coliform, solids,
dissolved oxygen
Coliform, solids
Causes of Water Problems
Combined Sewers: Rutland
Municipal Wastes: Rutland
Combined Sewers: Middlebury
Combined Sewers: Vergennes
Combined Sewers: Lyndon
Combined Sewers: St. Johnsbury
Combined Sewers: St. Albans
Combined Sewers: Barre
Combined Sewers: Randolph
Combined Sewers: Bennington
Combined Sewers: White River
Junction
Combined Sewers: Montpelier
Municipal and industrial wastes
Combined Sewers: Waterbury
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CRITICAL WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND
State of VERMONT
Name of water Body
Location &
Description
Miles Not
Expected To
Meet Fishable/
Swimmable Goals
By 1983
Water Quality
Problems
Causes of Water Problems
Winooski River
Below Essex Junction
to Lake Champlain
15*
IColiform, solids,
(dissolved oxygen
to
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Combined Sewers: Winooski,
Burlington
Point Sources: Essex Junction,
Burlington,
Winooski
Low Flow
Impoundments
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