The Sunapee Area Watershed Coalition
Watershed Plan Advisory Committee
SAWC: The link between land use and water quality
Meeting Schedule
All meetings will be held on the fourth Tuesday of the month from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at
the Newbury Town Hall unless otherwise indicated in bold. Click on the date for
minutes of previously held meetings.
Date
 Tentative Agenda
 Reading to be Done Prior to Meeting
January 23
 Committee Introductions &
Orientation
 None
February 21
 Potential Sources of
Contamination Inventory

During this meeting we will
begin to draft a list of land
uses, lake contact issues
etc. that pose a risk to
water resources in the
watershed. Come prepared
to share your local
knowledge and to have
suggestions of places to visit
during our watershed tour
next month.
 Tab 2 in notebook:
1) Chapter 1: Purpose of the
Watershed Management Plan
2) Chapter 2 Nonpoint Source
Pollution by Jeer et al
3) NH Groundwater Conditions
4) Lake Eutrophication
5) Cyanobacteria

In NH DES Nonpoint Source Pollution
Guide: Chapter 1, pages 3-7
March 27
 Potential Sources of
Contamination Inventory
 Tab 3 in notebook:
1) Pollutants (from “Source Protection:
A national Guidance Manual)
2) 1 page handout on potential
contamination sources to water
3) Why Stormwater Matters
Saturday
April 21
 Watershed Tour
 Tab 4 in notebook:
1) The Importance of Imperviousness
2) MtBE in drinking water
May 22
 Potential Sources of
Contamination Inventory
 Tab 5 in notebook:
1) Dealing with Septic System Impacts
2) Sodium Chloride in Drinking Water
3) Rating Deicing Agents
June 26
 Water Quality
 Tab 6 in notebook:
1) Regulatory Background
2) Lake Sunapee Watershed
Administrative Rule
3) Summary of Water Quality
Information
July 24
 Drinking Water Supplies
 Tab 7 in notebook
1) List of Public Drinking Water
Supplies
2) NH DES Factsheet: “Performing an
inventory for drinking water protection”
Wednesday
August 29
 Review Land Use and
Local Regulations in the
Watershed
 Tab 8 in notebook
1) Buildout Analysis
2) Watershed Regulations Matrix
3) The Planning Board document
1) Lake Sunapee Watershed
Administrative Rule
September 18
 Prioritization of Watershed
Threats
 Tab 9 in notebook
1) Tools of Watershed Protection

Rank your top ten threats
October 23
 Recommendations
Implementation Activity*
 Tab 10 in notebook
1) Best Management Practices (from
“Source Protection: A National
Guidance Manual”), pages 53-80

In NH DES Nonpoint Source Pollution
Guide Best Management Practices
November 27
 Recommendations
 Tab 10 in notebook
1) NH DES Factsheets

Work on recommendations
December 18*
 Recommendations
 1) Work on Recommendations
January 22
 Recommendations
 1) Work on Recommendations
February 26
 Watershed Plan
 Review Draft
March 25
 Watershed Plan
 Review Draft