Annual Water Quality Assessment : October 1975 - September 1976, Part II, Maine - New Hampshire


               ANNUAL




      WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT




    OCTOBER 1975 - SEPTEMBER 1976




               PART II




   MAINE - NEW HAMPSHIRE - VERMONT




U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY




              REGION I
             COMPILED BY




         SURVEILLANCE BRANCH




      LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS




             APRIL 1977

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Title Page
1. 0 Overview f
Measures of Water Quality I
2.0 Background
Individual Drainage Basin Assessments
3. 1 Lake Champlain Basin - Vermont 9
3.2 Winooski River Basin - Vermont 2/
3,3 Lake Memphrentagog Basin - Vermont 30
3L1 Connecticut River Basin - Vermont 37
3& Upper Hudson River Basin - Vermont
Androscoggin River Basin - New Hampshire 58
Merrimack River Basin - New Hampshire
3 Connecticut River Basin - New Hampshire
J. 7 Androscoggin River Basin - Maine 88
3.10 Presumpscot River Basin - Maine
3jJ Kennebec River Basin - Maine IOG
Penobscot River Basin - Maine
St. Croix River Basin - Maine 25
3 I 1 St. John River Basin - Maine I3

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PREFACE
The Annual Water Quality Assessment summarizes the condition of the
waters in Region 1 for Water Year 1976. The programs for evaluating the
water quality of Region 1 are the individual state Primary Monitoring
Networks (P.M.N.) and the National Water Quality Surveillance System
(N.W.Q.S.S.). Data from selected stations of these networks has been
compared to the present, federally approved, state water quality standards.
Non-standards parameters have also been discussed in various basins if
they were thought to be particularly informative.
The N.W.Q.S.S. concept is to monitor a wide range of physical,
chemical and biological variables in surface waters, stream bottoms,
groundwaters and the ocean at locations representative of typicaL and
unique waters in the region. At the present state of development, the
system monitors waters of the states which represent one or morc of the
important water quality problems in each state. Also, the system monitors
waters which do not receive point source discharges of pollutants to
compare these background condition with polluted waters.
The purpose of state water quality standards is to protect and
enhance the quality and productivity of the state’s waters to serve
a variety of beneficial uses such as public water supply, recreation
and protection of aquatic life and industrial agricultural uses. Public
Law 92-500 (Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972) has
as a goal “water quality which provides for the protection and propagation
of fish, shellfish and wildlife and provide for recreation in and on the
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water be achieved by July 1, 1983”.
1. Section 101 (a) (2), Title 1, Public Law 92-500.

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Whether water bodies in the region are complying with the state
standards is determined by measuring chemical and biological constituents
and properties. Four parameters will be observed in every basin: dissolved
oxygen, fecal coliform bacteria, total coliform bacteria and pH. Additional
parameters such as metals or nutrients will be discussed if they point
out problems which exist in particular areas.
When reading this report, the following factors should be taken into
consideration. Natural conditions may cause some parameters to vary from
standards or recommendations. This will be noted if it is known or
suspected. This Second Annual Assessment is intended to be compared
with first and future annual assessments in the hope that trends may be
established for each basin’s key parameters.

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SECTION I
1.0 OVERVIEW
This report is an evaluation of the water quality in Region I
covering the period from October 1, 1975 to September 30, 1976 (Water
Year, 1976). The quality of water in a particular water body is
determined by measuring certain chemical and biological constituents
and properties. These measurements are then compared, when possible,
to the existing state standard for that particular water body.
1.1 MEASURES OF WATER QUALITY
Below is a list and description of the water quality parameters
used in this report:
Dissolved Oxygen (DO) refers to the uncombirted oxygen in water
which is available to aquatic life. Since this oxygen is consumed more
rapidly in the decomposition of wastes, the DO gives an instantaneous
picture of the condition of water body. Time of day and temperature
of the water are important in interpreting DO levels. Temperature
affects the amount of oxygen which water can contain - high temperature,
low DO capacity; low temperature, high DO capacity. During daylight
hours algae produce more oxygen, through photosynthesis, than they demand
for respiration. The respiration demand continues undiminished throughout
the night. Therefore, DO levels are generally highest during the afternoon
and lowest just before sunrise. Large algal growths, ttb1o stI, may
produce more oxygen than the water can absorb or hold (supersaturation)
and the oxygen escapes to the atmosphere. Because of this loss to the
atmosphere, there is insufficient oxygen available to satisfy. the large
demand exerted for respiration and water quality standards may be violated.
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Coliform bacteria found in abundance in the intestinal tract of
warm-blooded animals are also present in soils and decaying vegetation.
They are not harmful in themselves but their presence indicates that
pathogenic bacteria may also be present. Since they can be detected
by relatively simple test procedures, total coliforms are used to
indicate the probability of bacterial pollution from sewage. More
reliable indicators of sewage contamination are fecal coliforin which
make up about ninety percent of the coliforms discharged in fecal matter.
Nutrients, especially the phosphorus and nitrogen forms play an
important role in the quality of a water body. Excessive nutrients
promote the growth of algae which can create DO, taste and odor problems
as well as choke a water body and adversely affect aesthetics. All are
factors which will preclude desirable water uses. Nutrients are found
in sewage, industrial wastes and fertilizers. Since conventional
biological waste treatment does not remove substantial amounts of
nutrients, they are passed on to the water body into which the plant
discharges. Additional nutrients may enter waters from non—point sources
such as agricultural runoff.
Phosphorus appears in water bodies in combined forms known as
ortho and poly phosphates and organic phosphorus. Most of the phos-
phorus contained in municipal sewage and industrial wastes originates
from detergents. EPA, to prevent the development of biological nuisances
and to control eutrophication, recommends that the total phosphorus
concentration not exceed 100 micrograms per liter (ugh) in flowing
streams, 50 ug/l in streams where they enter lakes or reservoirs, and
25 ugh in lakes and reservoirs. 1
1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Quality Criteria for Water
(Washington, D.C.: u.s. Government Printing Office, September, 1976), p 356.

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Nitrogen is present in water as organic nitrogen, ammonia, nitrites
and nitrates. In fresh sewage or freshly polluted water, most nitrogen
present is in the forms of organic nitrogen and ammonia. Under aerobic
conditions these forms will oxidize to nitrite and then to nitrate.
Thus, the nitrogen forms serve as indicators of recent pollution and
the stability of sewage effluents. Ammonia is particularly adverse
to water quality because it exerts high oxygen and chemical demands
and is toxic to fish.
A rule—of-thumb for indicating normal nutrient conditions in a
stream is a nitrogen to phosphorus ratio of 10:1. However, the recom-
mended phosphorus concentrations should also be adhered to.
Turbidity is the measure of the clarity of a water sample. It is
expressed in Jackson Standard Units which are related to the scattering
and absorption of light in the water sample.
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SECTION II
2.0 BACKGROUND
Section 104 (a) (5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-500) requires the Administration to establish
national programs for the prevention, reduction and elimination of
pollution and as part of such programs shall - “in cooperation with the
States and their political subdivisions and other Federal agencies
establish, equip and maintain a water quality surveillance system for
the purpose of monitoring the quality of the navigable waters and ground
waters and the contiguous zone and the oceans and the Administrator shall,
to the extent practicable, conduct such surveillance by utilizing the
resources of NASA, NOAA, the Geological Survey and the Coast Guard and
shall report on such quality “.
The above provision is the legislative direction to EPA to determine
what is happening to the waters of the nation in terms of physical
condition, including appearance, chemical quality and of supporting a
balanced population of shellfish, fish and wildlife and recreation in
and on the water.
Further, the Act in Sections 106 (e) (1) and 305 (b) directs the States
through EPA to - “establish and operate appropriate devices, methods,
systems and procedures necessary to monitor and to complete and analyze
data on (including classification according to eutrophic condition), the
quality of navigable waters and to the extent practicable groundwaters....”.
Utilizing these analyses, the States are to “identify specifically those
navigable waters, the quality of which -
a. is adequate to provide for the protection and propagation
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of a balanced population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife
and allow recreational activities in and on the water;
b. can reasonably be expected to attain such a level by 1977
or 1983; and
c. can reasonably be expected to attain such a level at any
later dat&’.
In Region I the cooperative monitoring program between EPA and
other agencies at the Federal and State level consists of the National
Water Quality Surveillance System (NWQSS) and the individual State
programs comprised of Primary Monitoring Network (PNN) sampling,
intensive surveys, lake study surveys and biological studies. The
findings of the State programs are presented in State Water Quality
Assessment reports, pursuant to Section 305 (b) of P.L. 92-500, by
the individual States, submitted to EPA in April every year as part of
the State Program Grant process.
The objective of the NWQSS is to develop a system of monitoring and
reporting on the quality of the hydrosphere and its resident biota at
representative locations throughout Region I for input to the water
pollution control program. A wide range of physical, chemical and
biological parameters are measured at locations chosen to conform to
these site characteristics:
— Most critical stream areas in terms of water use and
natural resources
- Upstream and downstream of major municipal and
industrial land use areas
— High water quality use areas
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- Within each State — cover waters in mountain
piedmont and coastal land areas
The system will record trends in the traditional pollutants; will
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SECTION III
3.0 INDIVIDUAL DRAINAGE BASIN ASSESSMENTS
This section of the report discusses and displays the water quality
data for the Water Year 1976. Each drainage area or river basin is
presented with the following:
a. Discussion of monitoring results for WY-76.
b. Discussion of any special studies which may have been performed
in the basin during WY—76.
c. A listing of municipal waste water treatment plants where
operation and maintenance inspections were conducted during WY-76.
d. River basin or drainage area map with the location of NWQSS and
PMN monitoring stations used in this report.
e. Summary of water quality standards criteria violations October
1, 1975 through September 30, 1976.
f. Listing of significant dischargers within the basin.
g. Plots of selected water quality parameters.
(On the following page is the legend used in the plots)

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PLOT LEGEND
Minimum Criteria
Maximum Criteria $
Minimum Value
Maximum Value
Arithmetic Mean
{Geometric Mean for Coliform Bacteria} +
Discharge Location
Station Location ___

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3.JS LAKE CFLANPLAIN BASIN
The Lake Champlain Basin drains a portion of northeastern New York,
all of northwestern Vermont, and a small area in Canada. The lake is 107
miles long (north to south) and has a maximum width of 12 miles. In Vermont
the major tributaries to the lake are Otter Creek and the Mettawee, Poultney,
Winooski, Lamoille and Missisquoi Rivers.
The majority of the significant discharges on the Vermont side of
the basin are from municipal treatment facilities. These discharges and
runoff from surrounding agricultural land are primarily responsible for
the high nutrient levels seen in this basin.
Natural conditions are responsible for the pH violations seen in
this basin. Agricultural runoff as well as natural conditions are believed
responsible for the high percentage of turbidity violations found on the
Lamoille River and Otter Creek.
A three week water quality study of Otter Creek in the Rutland -
Middlebury area was conducted by Region l ’s Surveillance and Analysis
Division during the summer of 1976. In conjunction with the above study,
time of travel and other hydrologic studies were run during the Spring and
Fall of 1976.
The purpose of these studies was to gather data for modeling, to
determine if the segments studied are water quality limited. A report
on the collected data was prepared and distributed by the S & A Division
in January, 1977.
The following Annual 0 & H inspections were completed by the Region 1
Operation and Maintenance Section on municipal facilities in the Lake
Champlain Basin:
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Location
Date
Location Date
Hinnesburg, VT
10/75
Benson, VT
2/76
So. Burlington, VT
10/75
Wallingford, VT
2/76
Shelburne FD #1, VT
10/75
Montpelier, VT
4/76
Essex Junction, VT
10/75
Waterbury, VT
4/76
Colchester, VT
10/75
Winooski, VT
4/76
Johnson, VT
10/75
Norrisville, VT
4/76
Rutland, VT
2/76
Berlin, VT
4/76
West Rutland, VT
2/76
Northfield, VT
4/76
Fair Haven, VT
2/76
Northfield, VT
6/76
Castletown, VT
2/76
Warren, VT
6/76
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LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN {ExcEl’T WINOOSKI}
{v ioNT}
DOWNSThEAM ORDER
Plot Station Station Location Map Station
Number Number
i. Lake Champlain at Missisquoi Bay, VT N.W.Q.S.S.
503515
2 Lake Champlain at St • Albans Bay, VT R4N
5O34
3. Lamoifle River Chimney Corner, VT H4N
500001
4. Lamoille River at She].burne Bay, VT H ’4N
503517
5. Otter Creek at Ferrisburg R’IN
500020
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PIKE RIVER
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RUTLAND
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LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN CLASSIFICATiON
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SUMNARY OF wATER QUALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION 503515 LA KE CdAMPLAIN (VT)
— NUMMER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA —
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
18 1. 5.56 NONE 25.00
iS 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE
18 0. 0.0 6.50 8.00
4 0. 0.0 NONE 500.00
5 0. 0.0 NONE 200.00
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STATION 503488 LAKE CHAMPLAIN (VT)
— NUMBER OF - PERCENT — CRITERIA—
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
17 0. 0.0 NONE 25.00
16 0 . 0.0 5.00 NONE
17 3. 17.65 6.50 8.00
3 0. 0.0 NONE 500.00
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6 4. 66.67 NONE 10.00
6 0. 0.0 6.00 NONE
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6 2. 33.33 NONE 200.00
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SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGERS
LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN
Discharger Location Receiving Water NPDES No .
1. Swanton Village STP Swanton Missisquoi R. 0100501
2. Standard Packing Sheldon Springs Missisquoi R. 0000969
3. Richford STP Richford Missisquoi R. 0100790
4. St. Albans STP St. Albans Lake Champlain 0100323
5. Morrisville MTP Morrisvi lle Laniolile R. 0100480
6. Burlington Main STP Burlington Lake Champlain 0100153
7. S.Burlington STP S.Burlington Lake Champlain 0100358
8. Shelburne STP Shelburne Lake Champlain 0100331
9. Hinesburg WTF Hinesburg LaPlatte R. 0101028
10. Rutland WPCP Rutland Otter Creek 0100871
11. Middlebury MTP Middlebury Otter Creek 0100188
12. Vergennes STP Vergennes Otter Creek 0100404
13. Poultney MTP Pou ltney Poultney R. 0100269
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3.i WINOOSKI RIVER BASIN
The Winooski River has a total drainage area of 1065 miles, the largest
in the Lake Champlain Basin. It flows from Lower Cabot, 90 miles, before
it empties into Lake Champlain at Burlington.
Numerous violations of state standards for pH and turbidity are
reported on the Winooski River. These violations, like many of those
in the rest of the Lake Champlain Basin, are due to natural condition.
Total and fecal coliforin violations were reported at plot station
numbers 1 (2 of 5 both total and fecal) and 2 (4 of 5 total and 10 of
5 fecal). These violations are probably due to municipal discharges
in Barre, Berlin, and Montpelier. Municipal dischargers in Essex Junction,
Burlington, Winooski and Colchester are believed responsible for the total
(3 of 6) and fecal (4 of 6) coliform violations seen at plot station
number 3.
Operations and maintenance inspections conducted in the Winooski
River Basin have been listed in the Lake Champlain Basin section.
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WINOOSKI RIVER
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Number Number
1. Winooski River Jet. Rte. 2 and 302, VT H4N
500012
2. Winooski River Barre St. Montpelier, VT HvIN
5000fl
3. Winooski River at Oxbow Loop, PHN
Coichester, VT 500010
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5 4. 80.00 NONE 10.00
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VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
6 5. 83.33 NONE 10.00
6 1. 16.67 6.00 NONE
6 2. 33.33 6.50 8.00
5 4. 80.00 NONE 500.00
5 1. 20.00 NONE 200.00
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SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGERS
WINOOSKI RIVER (LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN)
Discharger Location Receiving Water NPDES No .
1. Barre City STP Barre Stevens Branch 0100889
2. Berlin STP Berlin Winooski River 0100030
Stevens Branch
3. Montpelier MTP Montpelier Winooski River 0100196
4. Waterbury MTP Waterbury Winooski River 0100463
5. IBM Coiuponents Division Essex Junction Winooski River 0000400
‘Essex Junction MTP Essex Junction Winooski River 0100111
7. Burlington Riverside STP Burlington Winooski River 0100307
8. Burlington North End STP Burlington Winooski River 0100226
9. Winooski WPCF Winooski Winooski River 0100510
10. Coichester STP Coichester Winooski River 0100960
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3.19 LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG DRAINAGE AREA
Lake Memphremagog is located on the border between Vermont and
Canada. It has a surface area of 36.4 square miles, a mean depth of
51 feet, and a drainage area of 650.5 square miles. Within the United
States the surface area is 9.7 square miles with a mean depth of 21
feet and a drainage area of 477.1 square miles. Its major tributaries
in the United States are the Black, Barton and Clyde Rivers, all of
which are Class B waters.
The two stations in this drainage area used in this report are
located at the Canadian - United Stat es borders and in South Bay near
Newport, Vermont. Both stations report turbidity and pH violations,
while the station at the United States — Canadian border reported DO
violations (2 out of 24 samples) in July and August at a depth of 26 feet.
The only major discharger in the drainage area is the Newport, Vermont
rninicipal treatment plant.
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LAKE MENPHREMAGOG BASIN
(VERMONT)
in
DOWNSTREAM ORDER
Plot Station Station Location Map Station
Number Number
1. Lake Memphremagog at International Border N.W.Q.S.S.
504805
2. Mouth of Southbay, Newport, Vermont PMN
504801
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SUMMARY OF WATER QUALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION 504801 LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG (VT)
— NUMREP OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA —
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
8 4, 50.00 NONE 10.00
11 0. 0.0 6.00 NONE
10 2. 20.00 6.50 8.00
3 0. 0.0 NONE 500.00
3 0. 0.0 NONE 200.00
APITH
MEAN *
1 1 • 8
9.71
7.87
241 .01
1 06.79
PARAMETER
TURBIDITY
JKSN JTU
DISS. OXYGEN
MG/L
PH
SU
COLIFORM TOT
MFIM/1 OOML
COLIFORM FEC
MF/1 OOML
STATION 504805 LAKE MENIPHREMAGOG (VT)
— NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
18 3. 16.67 NONE 10.00
24 2. 8.33 6.00 NONE
20 5. ?5.00 6.50 8.00
3 0. 0.0 NONE 500.00
3 0. 0.0 NONE 200.00
ARITH
MEAN
7.8
9.0(
7.7—
18.9t
7.31
* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR COLIFORNS
33.
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SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGERS
LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG BASIN
1. Newport MTP Newport Clyde River 0100200
19
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REGION I UG ASSESSMENT ORT
LAKE MEMFH EMAGOG
A
A
±
+
V
t t
V
T I f -•- H
0 2 6 8 10
D
0
M
G
/
L
(UT)
10
p ..
0
4.
DERBY
DOWNSTREAM
BLACK RIVER
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RE tON I JO ASSESSMENT
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3.I CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN (VERMONT)
The Connecticut River forms the Vermont - New Hampshire border with
the entire width of the river basin being under the jurisdiction of the
state of New Hampshire. There are, however, numerous tributaries flowing
to the mainstream from Vermont. Stations located at or near the mouths
of ten of the tributaries have been observed in this assessment.
Turbidity standards violations were reported at all stations except
those on the West, Williams and Ottauquechee Rivers. These problems can
be attributed at either rural runoff or natural conditions. Agricultural
runoff is believed responsible for the high total phosphorus levels reported
on the Saxton (avg. .031 mg/i), Williams (avg. 020 mg/I), Black (avg. .039 mg/I),
Ottauquechee (avg. .031 mg/i), White (avg. .033 mg/i), and Passumpsic
(avg. .028 mg/i) Rivers. Municipal and/or industrial dischargers on the
Wells, White, Black and Passumpsic Rivers are thought responsible for the
large number of fecal coliform violations reported on these rivers. The
Waites, Saxton,and Ompompanoosuc Rivers also have high percentages of
fecal coliform violations. These are possibly due to agricultural runoff;
however, further investigation into the cause of these violations is needed.
The following Annual 0 & M Inspections were completed by the Region 1
Operation and Maintenance Section on municipal facilities in the Vermont
portion of the Connecticut River Basin:
Location Date Location Date
Brattleboro, VT 1/76 Hartford, VT 1/76
Bellows Falls, VT 1/76 Randolph, VT 4/76
Woodstock, VT 1/76
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CONNECTICUT RIVER STATIONS
{v ii oNT}
in
DOWNSTRE 4 ORDER
Plot Station Station Location Map Station
Number Number
PMN
Passumpsic River near Rte. 5 above Dam, VT 500005
WN
2. Wells River, Wells River, VT 500008
3. Waits River, Bradford, VT 500007
4. Ompompanoosuc River near Pompanoosuc, VT 500004
R4N
5. White River, White River J ct., VT 500009
6. Ottauquechee River at North Hartland, VT 500019
7. Black River at Rte. 5 Bridge, VT 500013
F ll
8. Williams River, Rockingham, VT 500033
9. Saxtons River, Bellows Falls, VT 500023
10. West River at Brattleboro, VT 500025
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SCALE IN MILES
0 I
500019
500033
UPPER HALF OF
N
I’
34
NNECTICUT RIVER
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NECTICUT RIVER
LI/cl
BASIN
SCALE IN MILES
a I !
500023
500025
LOWER HALF OF
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PAPA MET ER
TI JR A I D I TV
JKSN JTU
DISS. OXYGEN
MG / L
PH
S U
COLIFORM TOT
MFIM/1 00t L
COLIFORM FEC
H F/l00 ML
50 1 ’4 IARY OF ATER OUALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION 500005 PASS!.JMPSIC R, (VT)
- NUM EP OF - PERCENT — CRITERIA —
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
8 5. 52.50 NONE 10.00
A 0. 0.0 6.00 NONE
1. 12.50 6.50 8.00
6 S. 83.33 NONE 500.00
6 6. 100.00 NONE 200.00
ARITH
MEAN *
14.13
11.19
7.73
30 15. 46
686.10
PARAMETER
T U PR 1011 Y
JKSN JTU
DISS. OXYGEN
MG/L
PH
SO
COLIFORM TOT
M F I H / 100 ML
COLIFORM FEC
ME/i OOML
STATtON 500008 WELLS R. (VT)
— NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA —
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMIJM MAXIMUM
8 1. 12.50 NONE 10.00
8 0. 0.0 6.00 NONE
8 1. 12.50 6.50 8.00
7 5. 71.43 NONE 500.00
7 5. 71.43 NONE 200.00
ARITH
MEAN *
8.50
11.68
7.64
1498.17
587 .3
* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR COLIFOR’ S
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Pj PAMETFR
T LI Pb 101 1 Y
•JK5N JTU
DISS. OXY(EN
MOlt.
PH
sU
COLIFORM TOT
H F I M/ 1 0 0 ML
COLIFORM FEC
HF/lU OML
PA PAM E T ER
TUPB 101 TY
JKSN JTU
DISS. OXYGEN
MG/L
PH
SU
COLIFORM TOT
H F I M / 100 ML
COLIFOPH FEC
HF/i OOML
* GEOMEIPIC f-lEAN FOP COLIFORMS
L (jkf. f 4 py OF wATER QUALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION 500007 MAITS q (VT)
- NUMBER OF - PEPCENT - CRITERIA - APITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
8 1, 12.50 NONE 10.00 9.25
O 0. 0.0 6.00 NONE 11.47
8 2. ?5 .00 6.50 8.00 7.84
6 4. 66.67 NONE 500.00 1347.04
6 4. 66.67 NONE 200.00 461.09
STATION 500004 OMPOMPANOOSUC R. (VT)
— NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA —
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
7 2. 28.57 NONE 10.00
6 0. 0.0 6.00 NONE
• 7 1. 14.29 6.50 8.00
5 2. 40,00 NONE 500.00
5 2. 40.00 NONE 200.00
ARITH
MEAN *
11.43
11.81
7.76
265.73
121.98
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SLiMt ARY OF MATER QUALITY VIOLATiONS
STATION 500009 WHITE P, (VT)
PA AMETEP — NuMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
TUR8II3ITY 7 2. 28.57 NONE 10.00 14.14
JKSN JTU
DISS. OXYGEN 0. 0.0 6.00 NONE 11.72
MG / L
PH 7 1. 14.29 6.50 8.00 7.64
Su
COLIFORM TOT 2• 100.00 NONE 500.00 7376.89
MFIM/1 00ML
COLIFORM FEC 6 6. 100.00 NONE 200.00 1156.43
MF/10 0ML
STATION 500019 OTTAUQUECHEE R. (VT)
PARAMETER — NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN
TUR8IDITY 7 2. 28.57 NONE 10.00 12.86
JKSN JTU
DISS. OXYGEN 0. 0.0 6.00 NONE 12.01
MG/L
PH 7 0. 0.0 6.50 8.00 7.47
SU
COLIFORM TOT 5 0. 0.0 NONE 500.00 124.45
MFIM/1 0 0ML
COLIFORM FEC 5 0. 0.0 NONE 200.00 42.49
MF/1 0 0ML
GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR COLIFORMS
913
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SUM uURY OF TEH OUALITY VIOLATIONS
5TAT. [ ON 0’)flU3 E- LACK R. (VT)
NUM FR OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA —
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
7 3. 42.66 NONE 10.00
6 0. 0.0 6.00 NONE
6 0. 0.0 6 .50 8.00
6. 100.00 NONE 500.00
6 4. 66.67 NONE 200.00
* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOP COLIFORMS
P f P AM F T E P
TIJPBIDJ TY
JKSN JTU
0155. OXYGEN
MG/L
PH
SIJ
COLIFONM TOT
YF IM/100ML
COLIFORM FEC
MF/j OOML
PARAMETER
TURBIDITY
JKSN JTU
015$. OXYGEN
MG / L
PH
SU
COLIFORM TOT
MFIM/100M
COLIFORM FEC
M F / 100 ML
ARITH
MEAN *
15.29
12.07
1 • 3 1
2044.7 ,
503.47
AR ITH
MEAN *
13.71
11.90
7.22
261.74
53.43
STATION 500033 WILLIAMS R. (VT)
— NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA —
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
7 3. 42.86 NONE 10.00
6 0. 0.0 6.00 NONE
6 0. 0.0 6.50 8.00
6 1. 16.67 NONE 500.00
6 1. 16.67 NONE 200.00
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P L P A METE
TURBIDITY
JKSN JTU
DISS. OXYGEN
MG/L
PH
SO
CCLIFORM TOT
M F I M / 11)0 ML
COLIFORM FEC
MF/1 0 0ML
PARAMETER
TURBIDITY
JKSN JTU
DISS. OXYGEN
MG/L
PH
SUMMARY OF ATE R OUALTTY VIOLATIONS
STATION 500023 SAXTON , (VT)
— NIJMOEP QF - PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
7 4. 57.1k NONE 10.00 52.29
6 0. 0,0 6.00 NONE 11.32
6 1. 16.67 6.50 .00 7.40
6 6. 100.00 NONE 500.00
6 6. 100.00 NONE 200.00 5212.39
STATION 500025 EST R. (VT)
- NUMBER OF - PERCENT - CRITERIA -
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
6 0. 0.0 NONE 10.00
5 0. 0.0 6.00 NONE
5 1. 20.00 6.50 8.00
6 1. 16.67 NONE 500.00
6 0. 0.0 NONE 200.00
* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR COLIFOPMS
S Ii
COLIFORM TOT
M F l M / 1 00 ML.
COLIFOPM FEC
MF/1 OOML
ARITH
MEAN *
6.83
11.38
6.71
108 .48
18.84
L15
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Discharger
1. Lyndon MTP
2. St. Johnsbury STP
3. EHV-Weidmann Industries
4. Corning Fibers, Inc.
5. Forest Poultry Corp.
6. Hartford—White River
Junction STP
7. Ludlow WTP
8. Springfield MTP
9. Springfield Electro-
plate
*10. Northern States
Paper Co.
* Ceased operation
SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGERS
CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN (VERMONT)
Location Receiving Water
Lyndon Passumpsic River
St. Johnsbury Passumpsic River
St. Johnsbury Passurnpsic River
Wells River Wells River
So. Royalton White River
White River White River
Junction
Ludlow
Springfield
Springfield
NPDES No .
0100595
0100579
0000019
No Permit
0000183
0101010
0100145
0100374
0000272
0020125
Black
Black
Black
River
River
River
.Westminster Saxtons River
1
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REGION I WO
ASSESSMENT RL. JI T
CONNECTICUT R.
TRIB. (UT)
- .— 1 . t A A A A
+
+
V
+
V
+
V
+ +
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+ .f.
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15.0
12.5
D
0
M
G
/
L
4-
10.0—
7.5
5.0
V
0
DOWNST 1 EAM
CONNECTICUT RIVER
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REGION I LJQ ASSESSMENT
REPORT
CONNECTICUT R,
TRIB. (UT)
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
-
-
+
+
+
+
v
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+
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0.10
0 05
0.00
0
1
2
CONNECTICUT RIVER
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REGION I UQ ASSESSMENT
‘ORT — CONNECTICUT R. TRIB.
A
A
A
A
A
+
—
-
+
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+

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+
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+
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ri
L
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3.I UPPER HUDSON RIVER BASIN (VERMONT)
The two stations in this basin are located on the Hoosic River
at North Pownal and on the Walloomsac River in New York just over the
Vermont — New York state line.
The Hoosic flows from northwestern Massachusetts through extreme
southwestern Vermont and into the Hudson River above Mechanicville, New
York. The Walloomsac flows from Bennington, Vermont to Hoosick, New York
and into the Hoosic River.
Class “C” standards violations are reported by the Hoosic River
station for both turbidity (1 of 7, probably due to natural conditions)
and fecal coliform (5 of 6). This station is affected by discharges in
Massachusetts and from Pownal Tanning Co., the only major discharger on
the Hoosic River in Vermont.
The station on the Walloomsac River reported violations of Class “C”
standards for turbidity (1 of 7), pH (1 of 6) (both probably due to
natural conditions) and fecal coliform (1 of 6). The only significant
discharger upstream of this station is the Bennington Sewage Treatment
Plant.
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UPPER HUDSON RIVER BASIN
{1ma oNT}
in
DO INSTREAM ORDER
Plot Station Station Location Map Station
T Tiimber Number
1. Hoosic River at North Pownal, VT H IN
500551
2. Walloomsac River near Shaft sbury, VT
500024
5/
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A S SAC HU
P
MONT
I I
HOOSIC RIVER BASIN
5TILL WAY
NEW
RK
P.M.N.
(500551)
UPPER HUDSON RIVER R SIN
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SUMN RY OF WATER QUALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION HOOS1 HOOSIC P. (VT)
PARAMETER — NUN EP OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
TURBIDITY 7 1. 14.29 NONE 25.00 22.43
J SN JTU
0155. OXYGEN 0. 0,0 5.00 NONE 11.48
MG/L
PH 1. 16.67 6.00 8.50 7.63
SO
COLIFORM FEC 6 5. A3.33 NONE 1000.00 3.46.77
ME/i OOML
STATION 500024 WALLOOMSAC R. (VT)
PARAMETER — NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
TURBIDITY 7 1. 14.29 NONE 10.00 9.43
JKSN JTU
0155. OXYGEN 7 0. 0.0 6.00 NONE 11.54
MG/L
PH 6 1. 16.67 6.00 8.50 7.52
SU
COLIFORM FEC 6 1. 16.67 NONE 1000.00 42.81
NF/ I OOML
* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR COLIFORMS
53,
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SIGNIFICANT DI SCHARGERS
UPPER HUDSON BAY — MAJOR DISC HARGERS
Discharger Location Receiving Water NPDES No .
1. Bennington STP Bennington Wallomsac River 0100021
2. Pownal Tanning Co • N. Pownal Hoosic River O0OO3B
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REGION I WQ ASSESSMENT REPORT — HOOSIC R. (UT)
D A —
0
A
12.5— —.
M -
G -I- +
/
L -
10.0—• ‘—---•--••• - —________
• V
7.5— ---•—-—— —-
-
• It)
I t 4
0 2 4 6 8 10
DOWNSTRE 1 M________________________ —
BENtlItI
tAil
I d
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REGION I (JO ASSESSMENT REPORT —
HOOSIC R.
1.5
1.0
0 .0
- A
e
4
6
+
8
A
(UT)
p
H
0
S
T
0
M
G
/
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—p. WAU.OOMSAC RIVER
10
POWNAt.
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REGION I UQ ASSESSIIENT REPORT — HOOSIC R. (LPT)
F A
E -
A
C - - ———. — --____ _____-______
O
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I
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1 -
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I DOWNSTREAM
B ENNI ALLOOMSA I
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XI
HQO$IG RIVER
it POWNAL.
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ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER BASIN (NEW HAMPSHIRE)
The Androscoggin River begins at Errol Darn at the outlet of Umbagog
Lake and flows forty-six miles through New Hampshire before entering Maine
at Gilead. Errol, Milan, Berlin, Gorham and Shelborne are located on the
Androscoggin River with the major industry being the Brown Company paper
mills. The flow of the river at Berlin is controlled by the Errol Dam
and maintained at 1550 cfs.
In Wy 76, Class B standards violations for pH (2 of 8) and total
coliform (2 of 8) were reported at the Milan station. These conditions
can be attributed to non-point sources and natural conditions. Slightly
lower phosphorus levels were reported by the station at Gilead but the
total coliform violations (6 of 7) remained at about the same level as
they were last year. Industrial waste discharges from the Brown Paper
Company, untreated domestic sewage from Berlin and Gorham, and non-point
sources are primarily responsible for the water quality problems reported
at Gilead.
of
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ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER
{ w HANPSHIRE}
in
DO1i’JNSTRE/ N ORDER
Plot Station Station Location Map Station
Number Number
1. Androscoggiri River Rte. 110 Milan, NH PMN
10-AND
2. Androscoggin River Rte. 2 Gilead, ME R 1N
1—AND
5 1
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I
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M4L
P1.W.Q.S.S.
)
N.W.Q.S.S.
(A5 86 R)
U.S.G.S.
( 01054200 )
P.M.N.
(1-AND )
P.M.N.
( ALA182C )
ANDROSCO GGIN
P.M.N.
(1
M.N.
oc)
)
RIVER
BASIN
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PAPAMETEP
TUP8ID ITY
UKSN JTU
DISS. OXYO€ N
MG / L
PH
S Ii
COLIFON TM TOT
MFIM/1 OOML
SUM!’ ARY OF iATER U LITY VIOLATIONS
STATION 10—AND ANDROSCOGGIN P.
— NUMBEP OF — PEPCENT — CRIT
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATTON.S MINIMUM
8 0. 0.0 NONE
8 0. 0.0 5.00
8 2. 25.00 6.50
8 2. ?5.00 NONE
(NH—ME)
ERIA -
MA X I MUM
25.00
NONE
B 0 0
240 • 00
ARITH
MEAN *
2.21
10 • 47
6.50
128 • 1 1
PARAMETER
TURBIDITY
JKSN JTU
DISS. OXYGEN
MG/L
PH
SU
COLIFO M TOT
N F I N / 100 ML
STATION 1—AND ANDROSCOGGIN P. (NH—ME)
— NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
8 0. 0.0 NONE 25.00
8 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE
8 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50
7 6. 85.71 NONE 1000.00
ARITH
MEAN *
4.47
9 • 02
6.47
6029.70
* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR COLIFORMS
61
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SIGNIFICANT DISCHARCERS
Androscoggin River Basin (New Hampshire)
Discharger
1. Brown Company - Berlin Mill
2. Brown Company — Cascade Mill
3. Brown Company - Resi-Chemical Mill
Location
Berlin
B er 1 in
Corham
Receiving Water
Androscoggin River
Androscoggin River
Androscoggin River
NPDES No .
0000612
0000655
0000647
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D
0
12.5
M
G
/
L
10.0
745
5.0
REGION I 140 ASSESSMENT ORT ANDROSCOGGIN R. (NH-ME)
•
A
• .4-
+
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1
0 2
4
10
I ,
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0
IL l
6 8
DOWNSTREAM
Ui
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REGION I UQ ASSESSMENT RErv T ANDROSCOGGIN R. (NH-ME)
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8---
S -
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• A A
t +
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D i
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— NDROSCQCQIr. R. (i H-ME)
.
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3. ) MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN (NEW HAMPSHIRE)
The Merrimack River is formed by the confluence of the Pettigewasset
and Winnepesaukee Rivers at Franklin. Other major tributaries in New
Hampshire are the Contoocook, Suncook, Piscataquog and Nashua Rivers.
A progressive degradation in water quality is observed proceeding
downstream from Franklin to Nashua with increasing concentrations of
coliform bacteria, suspended solids, BOD, nitrogen and phosphorus.
Numerous total colifortn violations are reported at the Penacook,
Hooksett, Bedford and Nashua stations. Natural conditions are believed
to be responsible for the numerous pH violations seen at the New Hampton
station on the Pemigewasset River and the Hooksett station on the Merrimack.
Inadequate treatment of domestic sewage, industrial wastes and combined
sewer overflows in Franklin, Concord, Manchester and Nashua contribute to
the large number of coliform violations reported at the stations on the
mainstream.
The S&A Division, during the past summer, conducted a chlorine
toxicity study at Waterville Valley. The study utilized a flow through
system of river water and wastewater treatment plant effluent. Live cage
tests were also run using brook trout to determine the effects of the
chlorinated effluent.
The O&M Section also inspected the following Federal and municipal
wastewater facilities in the basin:
A. F. Satellite Station Waterville Goffstown
Ashland Derry Merrimack
Bay Sewage District Nashua
C6
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MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN
(NEW HANPSHIRE)
in
DOWNSTREAM ORDER
Plot Station Station Location Map Station
Number Number
1. Pemigewasset River ate.. 175, Woodstock, NH PMN
33-23-PMI
2. Pemigewasset River at New Hampton, NH PMN
33- 9-PMI
3. Merrimack River at Penacook, NH PMN
27-MER
4. Merrimack River at Hooksett, NH N.W.Q.S.S.
16-MER
USGS
01090100
5. Merrimack River at Bedford, NH PMN
8-MER
6. Nashua River, Hollis Depot, Hollis, NH PMN
3-6-NSH
7. Merrimack River at Nashua, NH N.W.Q.S.S.
1-HER
USGS
01096508
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¼O C O ’ MAP
P.M.N.
( 33-9—PHI )
k
t
P.M.N.
(33—23—PNr )
P.M.N.
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(16-HER
(010901
P.MIIN.
(8-HER)
N.W.Q.S.
(1-HER)
(01096508)
N.%4.Q.S.S.
(01096550)
HAIN STEH STATIONS
- MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN
14AL( ML LI
N.W.Q.S
• ‘• -
- t• -
FtGu t I
6 1
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0 I 2 3
I
._—BASIN
BOUNDARY
PEPPERILL
N.W.Q.S.S.
p
/ DUNSTABLE
/
NASHUA RIVER BASIN
IN
(3-6-NsH)
IiIILES
PS WICH
ASH BY
TOWNSEND
M
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.JKSN JTL:
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MG/L
PH
SU
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MFIM/1 0 0ML
cuM Apy OF ‘iATE GUALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION 33—23—Pr I PEMI E .ASS T P. (NH)
— NUMBER OF — PE CEi’T — CRITERIA —
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMuM MAXIMUM
6 0 . 0.0 NONE 25.00
0. 0.0 5.00 NONE
6 3. 50.00 6.50 8.00
5 1. 20.00 NONE 240.00
AR IT H
MEAN •
0.70
10.35
6.40
4 • 32
COLIFORNI TOT
M F I M / 100 ML
PARAMETER
TURBIDITY
JKSN JILl
DISS. OXYGEN
MG/L
PH
SU
STATION 33—9—PMI
PEMIGEVJASSET
P. (NH)
— NUMBER OF —
VALUES VIOLATIONS
PERCENT
VIOLATIONS
— CRITERIA -
MINIMUM MAXIMUM
APITH
MEAN *
9 0.
0.0
NONE 25.00
1.10
9 0.
0.0
5.00 NONE
10.04
9 8.
M8.89
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6.30
9 3.
33.33
NONE 240.00
187.45
* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOP COLIFOPMS
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PARAMETER
T U 9 RID IT Y
JKSN JTU
0155. 0 XY(EN
MG/L
PH
S Li
COLIFQRM TOT
M I M / 100 ML
SUM 1APY OF wATEP OIJL\LITY VIOLATIONS
• STATION 27—MER MEPPI iACK 9. (NH)
— NUMHER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA —
VAL$JES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
9 )• 0.0 NONE 25.00
9 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE
• 9 0. 0.0 6.50 8.00
9 7, 77.7E NONE 240.00
AR I TH
MEAN *•
1.54
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6.81
163.21
* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR COLIFORMS
MERRIMACK R. (NH)
PERCENT — CRITERIA —
VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
0.0 NONE 25.00
26.09 5.00 NONE
d7.27 6.50 8.00
100.00 NONE 240.00
STATION 01090100
PARAMETER — NUMBER OF —
VALUES VIOLATIONS
TURBIDITY 23 0.
JKSN JTU
DISS. OXYGEN 23 6,
MG / L
PH 22 b.
SU
COLIFORM TOT 23 23.
MFIM/1 00ML
ARITH
MEAN
• 1.65
7 • 67
7.01
4438.65
,fl
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SUMMARY OF WATER OU4LITY VIOLATIONS
STATION 16—MER MERRIMACK P.. (NH)
PARAMETER — N(JM EP OF - PERCENT — CRITERIA - ARITH
VALuES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
TtJPBIDITY 7 0. 0.0 NONE 25.00 1.76
JKSN j11J
DJSS. OXYGEN 7 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 10.01
MG / 1
PH 7 0. 0 ,0 6.50 8.00 6.84
Su
COLIFORM TOT 7 7. 100.00 NONE 2 .0.00 8457.63
MFIM/100ML
STATION 8—MER . MERRIMACK R. (NH)
PARAMETER — NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
TUPRIDITY 5 0. .0.0 NONE 25.00 2.30
JKSN JTU
DISS. OXYGEN 5 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 9.30
MG/L
PH 5 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.76
SU
COLIFOPM TOT 3. 75.00 NONE 1000.00 218.87
MFIM/1 00ML
* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOP COLIFORMS
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SU’i ARY OF !ATEk OUALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION 3— —NSH NASHUA ?• (NH—MA)
PAPAMETEP — NUMbER OF — PERCFNT — CRITERIA - APITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
TU BIDITY 7 0. 0.0 NONE 25.00 10.54
J 
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SUMMAPY OF WATER U’3LITY VIOLATIONS
STATION i—ME MERPIMACK R. (NH)
PAPAMETEP — NUME EP OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN -
TUPRIDITY 7 0. 0.0 NONE 25.00 2.49
JKSN’ JTU
DISS. OXYGEN 7 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 9.51
MG/L
PH 7 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.74
SU
COLIFORM TOT 7 7. 100.00 NONE 1000.00 29149.79
MFIM/10 0ML
* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR COLIFORMS
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SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGERS
MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN (NEW HAMPSHIRE)
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Merrimack
Nashua
Nashua
Nashua
Nashua
Merrimack River
Merrimack River
Merrimack River
Merrimack River
Merrimack River
Merrimack River
Nashua River
Spot Brook
Merrimack River
Nashua River
0001066
0000981
0001171
0000507
0000116
0100161
0000442
0000591
0100170
0000396
Receiving Water
Merrimack River
Location
Penacook
Concord
Hooksett
Manchester
Manchester
Merrimack
Merrimack
Merrimack
Merrirna ck
River
River
River
River
NPDES No .
0100331
0100901
0100129
0100447
0000531
Discharger
1. Penacook WTP
2. Concord STP
3. Hooksett WTP
4. Manchester STP
5. Wanbec Dyeing &
Finish Company
6. Seal Tanning, Ohio
Leather Company
7. Groval Knitted Fabrics
8. Granite State Packing
9. Syntextiles, Inc.
10. Foster Grant Company
11. Merrimack WTP
12. Sanders Associates, Inc.
13. Hampshire Chemical
W. R. Grace Company
14. Nashua STP
15. Mohawk Associates
5.
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REGION I WO ASSESSMENT REPORT —
MERRIMACK .
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3. a CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN (NEW HAMPSHIRE)
The Connecticut River flows southerly from its source in
northwestern New Hampshire and forms the New Hampshire — Vermont
border before entering Massachusetts at Northfield. The entire
width of this 256 mile segment of the mainstem is under the juris-
diction of New Hampshire and classifies it as tB water. The major
New Hampshire tributaries to the Connecticut River are the Upper
Axtnnonoosuc, Axnmonoosuc, Mascoma, Sugar, Cold and Ashuelot Rivers.
Discharges from the Groveton Paper Company and the wastewater
treatment plant at Croveton, New Hampshire are responsible for the
DO, pH and total coliform violations at Northumberland station.
Inadequate sewage treatment at Lebanon and Hanover, as well as non-
point sources, are believed responsible for the total coliform violations
reported at the Windsor (3 of 4) and Walpole (8 of 10) stations.
Industrial dischargers in Keene, W. Swanzey, Winchester and Hinsdale
determine the quality of the Ashuelot River, particularly during low
flow periods. Numerous coliform violations are reported at both
stations on this river.
The municipal wastewater treatment facilities at Northumberland,
Lancaster and Littleton were inspected by engineers from the Operations
and Maintenance Section.
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CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN
(NEW HAMPSHIRE)
in
DOWNSTREAM ORDER
Plot Station Station Location Map Station
Number Number
1. Connecticut River at Northumberland, NH PMN
61-CNT
2. Connecticut River at Windsor, NH PMN
22-CNT
3. Connecticut River at Walpole, NH USGS
01155050
4. Ashuelot River near Swanzey, NH PMN
2-16-ASH
5. Ashuelot River at Hinsdale, NH PMN
2- 2-ASH
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P.M.N.
(22—CNT)
UPPER HALF OF
ONNECTICUT RIVER
N
1
P.M.N.
(61-CNT)
SCALE IN MILES
0 S IS
*4
BASIN
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U.S.G.S.
(01155050)
LOWER HALF OF
ONNECTICtJT RIVER
SCALE IN MILES
0 S is
BASIN
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P A R A METE P
r’JRR i DI TV
JKSN JTU
DISS. OXYGEN
MG / L
S U
COLIFORM TOT
MF TM/i OOML
SUMMARY OF NATER QUALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION 61—CNT CONNECTICUT RIVER (NM)
— NUMt ER OF — PEPCENT — CRITERIA —
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
6 0. 0.0 NONE 25.00
6 1. 16.67 5.00 NONE
6 1. 16.67 6.50 8.00
-, 3. 60.00 NONE 240.00
API TM
MEAN *
7 • 05
9.13
6.72
37.54
PARAMETER
TURB ID I TV
%JKSN JTU
TURBIDITY
JKSN JTU
DISS. OXYGEN
MG / L
DISS. OXYGEN
MG/L
PH
S U
PH
SU
COLIFORM TOT
M. F TM / 100 ML
COLIFORM TOT
tA F I M / 1 00 ML
STATION ?2—CNT CONNECTICUT RIVER (NH)
— NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA —
VALIJES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
5 0. 0.0 NONE 25.00
5 0. 0.0 NONE. 25.00
5 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE
5 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE
5 0. 0.0 6.50 8.00
0. 0.0 6.50 8.00
4 3. 75.00 NONE 240.00
4 3. 75.00 NONE 240.00
ARITH
MEAN *
6.22
6.22
10 • 4
10.4
7 •
7 • 2a
12.82
12 • 8
* GEOMLIRIC MEAN FQN COLIFOR S
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T UP B 101 T Y
JKSN .JTU
DISS. OXYGEN
r G/L
PH
SU
COLIFORM TOT
MF IM/l OOML
SUMME RY OF W TEt- QUALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION 01155050 CONNECTICUT RIVER (NH)
- NUM iEP OF — PE CENT — CRITERIA -
VALIJES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
4 0. 0.0 NONE 25.00
10 2. 20.00 .OU NONE
11 6. 54,55 6.50 8.00
10 8. 80.00 NONE 24.0.00
AR I TM
MEAN *
1.25
9 • 94
6065
756.59
STATION 2—16—ASH
— NUMBER OF —
VALUES VIOLATIONS
5 0.
5. 1.
ARITH.
MEAN *
5.10
6 • 64
31192.32
PARAMETER
TURBIDITY
JKSN JTU
DISS. OXYGEN
MG / L
PH
SU
COLIFORM TOT
MF IM/ 1 OOML
ASHEULOT P. (NH)
PERCENT — CRITERIA —
VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
0.0 NONE 25.00
20.00 5.00 NONE
0.0 6.50 8.00
100.00 NONE 240.00
5
4
0.
4.
* GEOMETPIC MEAN FOR COLIFORMS
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SU .M Y OF WATER OL!ALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION 2—2—ASH ASHEULOT P. (NH)
PARAMETER — JUMBEP OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA - APITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
TUP IDITY 7 ?. 28.57 NONE 25.00 27.99
JKSN JTU
DI S. OXYGEN 7 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 9.99
MG/L
PH 7 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.91
Sli
COLIFORM TOT 5 5. 100.00 NONE 1000.00 77158.87
MFIM/100ML
* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR COLIFORMS
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SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGERS
CONNECTICUT RIVER BASIN (N.H.)
Discharger Location Receiving Water NPDES No .
1. Croveton WTP Croveton Upper 0100226
Arnmonoosac R.
2. Groveton Paper Co. Northumberland Connecticut R. 0001562
3. Lancaster STP Lancaster Connecticut R. 0100145
4. Lisbon STP Lisbon Connecticut R. 0100421
5. Littleton STP Littleton Ainmonoosac R. 0100153
6. Hanover WTP Hanover Connecticut R. 0100099
7. Central Screw Co. Keene Ashuelot R. 0000825
8. Keene STP Keene Ashuelot R. 0100790
9. Homestead Woolen W.Swanzey Ashuelot R. 0001589
Mills, Inc.
10. Paper Service Mills, Winchester Ashuelot R. 0000311
Inc.
11. Ashuelot Paper Co. Winchester Ashuelot R. 0001180
12. A. C. Laurence Leather Winchester Ashuelot R. 0000183
13. Hinsdale Products Hinsdale Ashuelot R. 0001554
14. C. E. Robertson & Co. Hinsdale Ashuelot R. 0000434
15. Hinsdale STP Hinsda le Ashuelot R. 0100382
T5
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3 .a3 ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER BASIN (MAINE)
The Androscoggin River enters Maine in a highly polluted condition
at Gilead. The poor quality at this point is primarily due to waste
discharges from the Brown Paper Company in Berlin, New Hampshire. The
river slowly recovers from these wastes until it reaches Rumford, Maine.
At Rumford, municipal sewage and paper mill wastes from Boise - Cascade
formerly Oxford Paper Company halt this recovery and cause a return
to severe degradation. Wastewater treatment facilities are expected
to be fully operational in November, 1976. Sewage, paper mill and
textile waste loads continue to build as the river flows through
Jay, Auburn, Lisbon Falls and Topsham. The largest dischargers on
the mainstem are International and Pejepscot Paper Companies. Both
will have facilities operational in 1977.
U.S.G.S. discontinued monitoring at their Auburn site on
September, 1974 and resumed monitoring downstream at a site in Brunswick.
The reasoning behind the move was to have the sampling site located at
a point where a better mixture would be attained of the discharge from
a treatment facility in the vicinity of Auburn.
There were no violations at the monitoring site in Rumford on
the mainstem of the Androscoggin River. However, there were fecal
coliform violations reported at the site in Turner in April and at
the U.S.G.S. Station in Brunswick in September. Also, there were
total coliform violations in November and August at the stations in
Oxford on the Little Androscoggin River and high phosphorus levels
(.035 mg/I) were reported at the site in Jay in October.
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The Little Androscoggin River has plastic, leather and paper
industries located on it that will generally be implementing treat-
ment facilities sometime in 1977. Marcal. Paper Mills have been on
line since 1974 and no violations have been reported. Also, on the
mainstem of the Androscoggin, Bates Fabrics Manufacturing, W. S. Libbey
and Max Miller and Co. have been tied in and operational since 1975.
Other significant dischargers on the Androscoggin are expected to have
treatment facilities operational in 1977.
The Federal facilities at Brunswick Naval Air Station and the
Navy Annex at Topsham as well as the municipal wastewater treatment
plant at Norway were inspected by our Operation and Maintenance
personnel during WY 1976.
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ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER BASIN
(MAINE)
in
DOWN STREAM ORDER
Plot Station Station Location Map Station
Number Number
1. Androscoggin River at Rumford, ME N.W.Q.S.S.
A800C
2. Androscoggin River at Jay, ME N.W.Q.S.S.
A586R
3. Androscoggin River at North Turner, ME PMN
A41OC
4. Androscoggin River at Gulf Island Pond PMN
A270C
5. Little Androscoggin at Welchville, ME PMN
ALA1 8 2C
6. Androscoggin River at Auburn, ME U.S.G.S.
01059000
9a
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P4.W.Q.S.S.
C)
ANDROSCOGG;N
RIVER BASIN
N. H 1 — M A I U E
N
P.M.
(1
N.W
s.s.
P.M.N.
C 1-AND
)
PNN
P.M.N.
A41OC)
P.M.N.
(A270c)
U.S.G.S
9)
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SUMMARY OF WATER QUALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION M 0OC ANDROSC000IN P. (NH—ME)
PARAMETER — NUMFiEP OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
VA\LUFS VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
DISS. OXYGEN O 0.0 5.00 NONE 9.37
• PPORE MG/L
PH lfl 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.28
SU
COLTFORM TOT 10 0. 0.0 NONE 5000.00 259450
MFIM/1 00ML
COLIFOPM FEC 10 0. 0.0 NONE 1000.00 62.7 ’
ME/i OOML
STATION A586R ANDROSCOGGIN P. (NH—ME)
PARAMETER — NUM8ER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
DISS. OXYGEN 7 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 9.17
PROBE MG/L
7 n ft r rtn A -
U. u. J ‘J.IJu .
SU
COLIFORM TOT 7 0.- 0.0 NONE 5000.00 1830.10
MFJM/100ML
COLIFOPM FEC 0. 0.0 NONE 1000.00 66.39
ME/i OOML
* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOP COLIFORMS
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SUMMARY OF ATEk QUALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION A41OC PNDROSCOGGIN P. (NH—ME)
PARAMETER - N1J BER OF — PERCENT CRITERIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
OISS. OXYGEN 11 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 10.53
pi ORE M /
PH 11 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.62
SU
COLIFORM TOT 11 0. 0.0 NONE 5000.00 1634.59
MFIM/ IO OML
COLIFO FEC 11 1. 9.09 NONE 1000.00 101.82
MF/10 0ML
STATION A2TOC ANDROSCOGGIN R. (NH—ME)
PARAMETER — NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
V LIJES VIOLATIONS. VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
DISS. OXYGEN 4 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 9.82
PROBE MG/L
PH 5 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.42
.StJ
COLIFORM TOT 5 0. 0.0 NONE 5000.00 18.71
MFIM/100ML
COLIFORM FEC 5 0. 0.0 NONE 1000.00 24.15
MF/1 OOML
* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOP COLIFORMS
9y
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SUMMARY OF WATER QUt LITY VIOLATIONS
STATION 4I_A18?C LITTLE ANDROSCOGGIN P(ME)
PAPAMETEP — NUMBER OF — PERCE NT — CRITERIA — AQIIH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
DISS. OXYGEN 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 10.49
PRORE MG/L
PH 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.49
SU
COLIFORM TOT 7 28.57 NONE 5000.00 1670.52
MFIM/ IO OML
COLIFORM FEC 7 0. 0.0 NONE 1000.00 77.25
MF/100ML
STATION 01059400 ANDROSCOGGIN P. (NH—ME)
PARAMETER — NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
DISS. OXYGEN 12 0. 0.0 5,00 NONE 11.04
MG/L
PH 12 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.74
SU
COLIFORM FEC 12 1. NONE 1000.00 177.92
MF/10 0ML
GEOMETRIC MEAN FOP COLIFORMS
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Di scharger
4. Oxford Paper Co.
(Boise—Cascade)
5. Diamond National
6. Brindis Leather Co.*
7. International Paper
Androscoggin Mill
8. International Paper
Otis Mill
9. Bates Fabrics Mfg.**
10. W. S. Libbey**
11. Max Miller & Co. *
12. South Paris, MTP
.C. Lawrence Leather**
14. A. L. Stewart & Sons
15. Robinson Mfg. Co.
16. Marcal Paper Mills**
17. Bonan Footwear**
18. Pioneer Plastics
19. Max Miller & Co.**
20. U. S. Gypsum Co.**
21. Pejepscot PaperCo.
22. Brunswick-Topsham Dist.
23. Pejepscot Paper Co.
* Out of business
npleted WWTP or tied to municipal system
SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGERS
ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER BASIN (ME)
Location Receiving Water
Rumford
West Peru
Canton
Jay
Chishoirn
Androscoggin River
Androscoggin River
Whitney Brook
Androscoggin River
Androscoggin River
Androscoggin River
Androscoggin River
Androscoggin River
Little Androscoggin
Little Androscoggin
Little Androscoggin
Little Androscoggin
Little Androscoggin
Little Androscoggin
Little Androscoggin
Androscogg in
Androscoggin
Androscoggin
Androscogg in
Androscoggin
NPDES No .
0002054
0001848
0001317
0001937
0001929
0001791
0001988
0002500
0100951
0000311
0000680
0002526
0002011
0001813
0000540
0001597
0002241
0002089
0000957
0002071
Lewi St on
Lewiston
Lewis ton
South Paris
South Paris
Paris
Oxford
Mechanic Falls
Auburn
Auburn
Lisbon FaLls
Lisbon Falls
Top sham
Brunswick
Topsham
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REGION I LiC SSES5MENT REPORT
ANDROSCOGGIN R
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A

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+
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(NH—ME)
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3. 4 PRESUMPSCOT RIVER BASIN (MAINE)
The major bodies of water in this basin are the Presumpscot,
Royal and Crooked Rivers with impoundments on the mainstem forming
Long and Sebago Lakes.
The water quality on the rnainstem varies from Cla5s A at the
outlet of Sebago Lake to severe degradation below Westbrook, Maine.
At Westbrook, the effluent from the S. D. Warren Company, Division
of Scott Paper has an organic waste equivalent of nearly one-half
million people. This large volume of organic waste along with the
natural and controlled low flows are the primary causes of the
river’s degradation. S. D. Warren has completed construction of
a secondary treatment plant that should be fully operational by
October, 1976.
The following tables show that both the total and fecal coliform
standards were violated at all stations. However, there were no DO
violations reported.
Both GTE Sylvania on the north branch of the Little River in
Standish and the S. D. Warren Co., a division of Scott Paper Co.
in Westbrook, both had treatment plants in operation and compliance
in WY 1976.
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PRESUMPSCOT RIVER BASIN
{M n }
in
DOWNS tEAN ORDER
Plot Station Station Location Map Station
Number Number
1. Presumpscot River at Westbrook, ME R’IN
R79R
2. Presumpscot River at Falmouth, ME H 1N
R22R
3. Presumpscot River at Presumpscot Falls, ME H ’IN
ROOR
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STATION R79R PPESUMPSCOT P. (ME)
PARAMETER — \‘UMFIER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
DISS. OXYGEN 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 10.76
PRO 3E MG I
P 4 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.51
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COLIFORM TOT 18 2. 11.11 NONE 5000.00 1543.90
MEIM/100RL
C0LIFORM FEC 11 3. .7.27 NONE 1000.00 453.81
MF/1 0 0ML
STATION R2?R PPESUMPSCOT P. (ME)
PARAMETER — NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — APITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
DISS. OXYGEN 8 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 9.65
PROBE MG/L
PH 8 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.61
S.U.
COLIFORM TOT 8 8. 100.00 NONE 5000.00 57917.45
MFIM/10 0ML
COLIFORM FEC 8. 100.00 NONE 1000.00 8214.00’
MF/1 0 0ML
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PROE E MG/L
PH
S U
COLTFORM TOT
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COLIFORM FEC
M F / 100 ML
SU iMAPY OF ‘ATER QUALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION POOR PRESU iPSCOT P. (ME)
— NUMBER OF - PERCENT — CRITLRIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN
7 0 0.0 5.00 NONE 9.60
7 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.40
7 7. 100.00 NONE 5000.00 35472.39
7 5. 71.43 NONE 1000.00 3160.58
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SIGNIFICANT DISCFII1I GERS
PRESUMPSCOT RIVER BASIN
Discharger Location Receiving Water NPDES No .
1. GTE Sylvania Standish N. Branch of 0002321
Little River
2. S.D. Warren Co.—Scott Paper Co. Westbrook 0002399
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•2 KENNEBEC RIVER BASIN
The Kennebec River flows from Moosehead Lake through Skowhegan
and Augusta into Merrymeeting Bay at Abagadasset Point near Bath.
Major tributaries to the mainstem are the Carrbassett, Sandy and
Sebasticook Rivers.
The major water quality problems in this basin are due to paper
and pulp mill discharges on the mainstem, textile mill and tannery
wastes on the Sebasticook River.
The following data shows that on the Kennebec River the total
coliform bacteria standards are violated in July and August at the
station in Gardiner, and in November of 1975 and April, May, August
and September of 1976 at the station in Augusta. Fecal coliform
violations occur in February at Fairfield and December, March, July
and September at Augusta. The only DO violation is recorded in July
at the station in Augusta.
On the Sebasticook River, the standard for total coliform was
violated in September.
The most serious problems on the mainstem occur between Waterville
and Gardiner. These violations are primarily caused by industrial
discharges in Waterville and Augusta.
Operations and Maintenance personnel provided technical assistance
to the Greenville wastewater treatment facility and also inspected the
wastewater treatment plant at the Togus Veterans’ Administration Hospital.
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KENNEBEC RIVER BASIN
(MAINE)
in
DOWNSTREAM ORDER
Plot Station Station Location Map Station
Number Number
1. Kennebec River at Bingham, ME U.S.G.S.
01046500
2. Kennebec River at Fairfield, ME PMN
K247R
3. Sebasticook River at West Palmyra, ME PMN
KSB365C
4. Kennebec River at Augusta, ME PNN
KOOR
5. Kennebec River at Gardiner, ME PMN
K117C
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- MAINE
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SUMMARY OF wi.\TER QUALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION 01046500 KFNNE EC P. (ME)
— NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA -
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
11 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE
11 .0. 0.0 6.00 8.50
12 0. 0.0 NONE 1000.00
API TA
MEAN *
10.44
6.64
0 • 06
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PROSE MG/L
DISS. OXYGEN
SATUR %
PH
SU
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M F I M / 100 ML
COLIFORM FEC
MEl 1 OOML
STATION K247R KENNEBEC R. (ME)
— NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA —
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
8 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE
8 0. 0.0 60.00 NONE
8 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50
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STATION KSk3 5C SEBASTICOOK R. (ME)
P. P / lMFTEP — NUMBER QR — PERCENT — CRITERIA - ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN
DISS. OXYGEN 7 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 9.17
PROBE MG/L
PH 7 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.91
SU
COLIIFORM TOT 7 1. 14.29 NONE 5000.00 2359.65
MFIM/10 0ML
COLIFORM FEC 7 0. 0.0 NONE 1000.00 87.66
MF/1 0 0ML
STATION KOOR I ENNEBEC P. (ME)
PARAMETER — NUMBER OF PERCENT — CRITERIA — AR1TH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
DISS. OXYGEN 10 1. 10.00 5.00 NONE 10.16
PROBE MG/L
PH 10 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.43
SU
COLIFORM TOT 9 5. 55.56 NONE 5000.00 10976.34
MFIM/100ML
COLIFORM FEC 10 4. 40.00 NONE 1000.00 634.45
MF/1 00ML
GEOMETRIC MEAN FOP COLIFORMS
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SU 1MAPY OF ATEP QUALITY VIOLATIONS
STATION .—117C KENNE 3EC P. (ME)
PARAMETER — NUMr ER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — APITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMIJM MEAN *
DISS, OXYGEN 2 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 6.35
PROBE NG/L
PH 1 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.60
COLIFORM TOT 2 2. 100.00 NONE 5000.00 31400.64
MFIM/JOOML
COLIFORM FEC 2 0. 0.0 NONE 1000.00 200.00
MF/ 10 OML
* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR COLIFORMS
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SIGNIFICANT DISCHAHOERS
KENNEBEC RIVER BASIN
Discharger Location Receiving Water NPDES No .
1. Arison—Madison STP Anson Kennebec River 0101389
Kermebec River Pulp +Paper Madison Kennebec River OOO253L .
2. Skowhegan STP Skowhegan Kerinebec River 0100625
Scott Paper Co. Winslow Kerinebec River 0002178
3. Cascade Woolen Mill Oakland Messalonskee Stream 0000116
Oakland STP Oakland Messalonskee Stream 0100463
4. Dexter STP Dexter E. Branch
Sebasticook River 0100170
Amos Abbot Dexter Sebasticook River 0001759
Corinna STP Coririna Sebasticook River 0100153
Eastland Woolen Mill Corinna Sebasticook River 0021466
5 • Hartland STP Hartland Sebasticcok River 0101443
Hartland Tanning Co • Hartland Sebasticook River 0000108
6. Pittsfield STP Pittsfield Sebasticook River 0100529
7. Waterville SD Waterville Kennebec River 0101508
Wyandotte Industries Co Waterville Kennebec River 0000787
Scott Paper Co—Winslow Winslow Piscataquis River 0021521
Keyes Fibre—Waterville Waterville Kennebec River 0000337
Keyes Fibre—Shawrritit Shawmut Kennebec River 0000302
Augusta SD Augusta Kennebec River 0100013
Statler Industries Inc. Augusta Kennebec River 0002224
Globe Albany Corp. N • Monrnou.th Wilson Stream 0001911
9. Gardiner Gardiner Kerinebec River 0101702
Yorktowne Paper Mills Gardiner Cobbosseecontee 0002542
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3.a PENOBSCOT RIVER BASIN
The Penobscot River Basin with a drainage area of 8,910 square
miles is the largest basin to lie totally within Maine’s boundaries.
The mainstem drains a complex network of lakes in northern Maine
and flows 74 miles to the ocean at Penobscot Bay.
Data from five stations in the Penobscot River basin showed no
violations of pH, DO or coliform standards.
Many industries along the Penobscot River and its tributaries
have operational wastewater treatment plants. Others are in various
stages of completion and are expected to be operational by the end
of October, 1976.
The Operation and Maintenance Section performed inspections at
both the Orono and Bangor Wastewater Treatment Facilities.
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PENOBSCOT RIVER
(MAINE)
in
DOWNSTREAM ORDER
Plot Station
Station Location Map Station
Number Number
1. Ferguson Lake Canal at Millinocket, ME PMN
P839C
2. Penobscot River at Mattawarnkeag, NE PMN
P663L
3. Penobscot River at West Enfield, NE U.S.G.S.
01034500
4. Penobscot River at Bradley, ME PMN
P123L
5. Penobscot River at Bangor, ME PNN
PO1R
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STATION P83YC PENCP- SCOT P. (ME)
PARAMETER — NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA - ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
DISS. OXYGEN 11 0. 0.0 2.00 NONE 11.45
PRORE MG/L
STATION P563L PENOBSCOT P. (ME)
PARAMETER NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA - AR ITt-4
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
DISS. OXYGEN 11 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 9.56
PROBE MG/L
PH 12 0. ‘0.0 6.00 8.50 6.15’
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MFIM/1 0 0ML
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MF/ ’iOOML
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PARA .IETER — NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA —. APITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
PH 12 0. 0.0 6.00 8.50 6.67
SU ‘
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GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR COLIFORMS
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S1j’iMj PY OF WATF < OULiLJTY VIOLATIONS
STATION P123L PENORSCOT R. (ME)
— NUMbER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA —
VALUES VIOLATIONS VI0LATIO ’IS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
9 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE
11 0. 0.0 ,.00 8.50
8 0. 0.0 NONE 5000.00
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PROBE MG/L
PH
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— NUMBER OF —
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9
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VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
0.0 5.00 NONE
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SIGNIFICANT DISCHARGERS
PENOBSCOT RIVER BASIN
Discharger Location Receiving Water NPDES No 0
1. Great Northern Paper Baileyville Penobscot River 0000167
Millinocket STP Miflinocket Millinocket Stream 0100803
2. Great NdrthernPaper E. Millinocket Penobscot River 0000175
3. Stein—Hall Co. Island Fafls Mattawamkeag River 0001856
4. LincOln Pulp and Paper Co. Lincoln Penobscot River 0002003
5. Guildlord Industries Inc. Guildi’ord Piscatoquis River 0001902
6. Owens Illinois Inc. O ldtown Penobscot River 0002046
Old Town STP O ldtown Penobscot River 0100471
7. Diamond International Corp. Oldtown Pènobscot River 0002020
8. Eastern Fine Paper Brewer Penobscot River 0000086
Brewer STP Brewer Penobscot River 0100072
9. Sobin Chior—Alkali Inc. Orrington Penobscot River 0000639
10. St. Regis Paper Co. Bucksport Penobscot River 0002160
Bucksport STP Bucksport Penobscot River OlOOfli
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3. ST. CROIX BASIN (MAINE)
The St. Croix River drains the Chiputneticook Lakes and forms the
Maine - Canada border for 77 miles before it flows into the ocean at
Calais, Maine.
The Georgia-Pacific Corporation paper mill in Woodland is the
only major industrial discharger in the basin. Discharges from this
plant control the quality of the St. Croix from Woodland to the ocean.
The following data shows that the DO standards were violated in
July and August, while no violations were reported for fecal coliform
or pH. Total coliform which had been violated consistently in the past
was not monitored.
Georgia-Pacific Corporation’s treatment plant is not yet operational.
The plant was scheduled to attain operational level July 1, 1976, but
leaks in a force main required that four miles of pipe be replaced. The
company requested an extension until October 1, 1976 which was not granted.
The State of Maine and EPA, Region 1 were still negotiating with Georgia-
Pacific as of September 30 and no operational level date had been established.
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ST. CROIX RIVER BASIN
(NAINE)
in
DOWNSTREAM ORDER
Plot Station Station Location Map Station
Number Number
1. St. Croix River at Kellyland PMN
C196R
2. St. Croix River at Nilitown, ME U.S’ .:G.S.
01021050
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STATION C19 5R ST. CROIX P. (ME)
PARAMETER — NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN
DISS. OXYGEN 11 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 1O 9O
PPO E MG/L
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COLIFORM TOT 7 0. 0.0 NONE 50OO 00 2.20
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COLIFORM FEC ii 0. 0.0 NONE 1000.00 0.05
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STATION 01021050 ST. CROIX R. (ME)
PARAMETER — NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
DISS. OXYGEN 21 3. 14.29 5.00 NONE 9.11
MG/L
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SIGNIFICANT DISC HPIRGERS
ST. CROIX RIVER BASIN
Discharger Location Redeivirig Water NPDES No .
1. Baileyville WPCF Baileyville St • Croix River 0101320
2. Georgia—Pacific Woodland Bai leyvi lle St. Croix River OOO1 ’72
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3. I ST. JOHN RIVER BASIN
The St. John River Basin drains the northernmost portion of
Maine and parts of southern New Brunswick. The mainstem forms the
United States — Canadian border from St. Francis to Hamlin, Maine.
Major tributaries to the St. John are the St. Francis, Allagash, Fish
and Aroostook Rivers.
The two stations monitored in this basin are on the Aroostook
River and the Prestile Stream. Water quality standards for total
coliform were reported violated in June at the Prestile Stream
station and in January, May, June, July, August and September at the
Aroostook River station in Caribou. The Aroostook River station
also violated its B-i standard for fecal coliform during the months
of May, June, July, August and September. The increase in violations
at this station was primarily due to the shut down of the secondary
treatment plant at Potato Services, Inc.
The municipal wastewater treatment facilities at Presque Isle,
Mapleton, Mars Hill and Houlton were inspected by personnel from the
Operations and Maintenance Section.
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ST. JOHN BASIN
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Plot Station Station Location Map St ation
Number Number
1. Prestile Stream Easton, ME HVIN
J PR174C
2. Aroostook River Caribou Darn, Caribou, ME PNN
JAR149L
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STATION JPk174C ST. JOr1NS R. TRIb. (ME)
PI P METER — NL MF4FR OF — PEi CENT — CRITERiA — ARITH
VALIJFS VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
DISS. OXYGEN 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 11.26
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COLIFORM TOT 7 1. 14.29 NONE 5000.00 888.84
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COLIFORM FEC R 0. 0.0 NONE 1000.00 42.78
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STATION JAP149L AROOSTOOK P. (ME)
PARAMETER — NUMBER OF — PERCENT — CRITERIA — ARITH
VALUES VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN *
DISS. OXYGEN 7 0. 0.0 5.00 NONE 9.16
PROBE MG/L
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COLIFORM TOT 6 6. 100.00 NONE 300.00 2285.24
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COLIFORM FEC 7 5. 71.43 NONE 60.00 83.72
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* GEOMETRIC MEAN FOR COLIFORMS
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SIGNIFICANT DI SCHARGERS
ST. JOHN RIVER BASIN
Discharger Location Receiving Water NPDES No .
1. McCain t s Foods Presque Isle .Aroostook River 0000566
2. Vahlsing Inc • Easton Prestile Stream 0002551
3. Caribou STP Caribou Aroostook River 0100145
4. Fort Fairfield STP Fort Fairfield Aroostook River 0100226
A ÷ P Tea Co. Fort Fairfield Aroostook River OO01 81
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