| The Sunapee Area Watershed Coalition |
| Welcome to the official website of the Sunapee Area Watershed Coalition (SAWC)! |
| Our Mission |
| To raise community awareness of important issues concerning the Lake Sunapee watershed and surrounding areas, to formulate clear guidelines for responsible, long-term stewardship of the water resources in those areas, and to promote cooperation among Sunapee watershed towns in using those guidelines for the implementation of programs effective in addressing the salient issues to the common benefit of the area communities. |
| Meetings |
| SAWC meets on the second Thursday of each month, from 6:30 - 8:00 at Ivey Center Room 201, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH. |
| Map of the Sunapee Area Watershed |
| What is a Watershed? |
| A watershed is the area of land from which all water drains into a particular lake, river, stream, wetland or ocean. Watersheds are natural areas determined by topography and the boundaries can be drawn on a map by connecting the tops of the tallest hills surrounding a body of water (see map at left). Water that falls within our watershed boundary flows downhill and much of it ends up in Lake Sunapee. |
| Watersheds can vary in size from just a few acres to hundreds of millions of acres, as every body of water – from Chalk Pond to the Mississippi River – has its own watershed. The Lake Sunapee Watershed is part of larger watershed basins, the Sugar River and the larger Connecticut River watersheds. |
| "The water quality of a lake is a direct reflection of its watershed." |
| Above and map (left) reprinted from The Lake Sunapee Watershed, June 2003, with permission from Lake Sunapee Protective Association (LSPA) |
| Questions or comments? |
| Get in touch with us at: |
| SAWC: The link between land use and water quality |
| IMPORTANT INFORMATION! Please read a summary of the Comprehensive Shoreline Protection Act (CSPA) |
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| The Watershed Plan is complete! Click here to download |