Partner Event: From Forests to Faucets: Water Quality

From Maine to California, communities across America struggle to provide clean drinking water to their residents. In contrast, the Boothbay region has a matchless opportunity to preserve our public drinking water supplies before we have a problem. The solution is both the simplest and least expensive way possible: if we can conserve enough of the undeveloped forest in our public water sources’ watersheds, the watersheds can continue to act as natural filters that clean water before it reaches the reservoirs.

For the second lecture in our series, Dr. Rachel Sipler, director of the Water Health and Humans Initiative and Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, will lead a session that explores what we know about Adams Pond and Knickerbocker Lake water quality, factors that influence water quality, and lake monitoring programs. All sessions are free to the public. Participants do not need to attend all sessions (each session stands alone and participants can attend as many or few as they choose). Light refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Jenn Cusick at cleandrinkingwater@bbrlt.org.