Completed Water Quality Improvement Projects
Water quality improvement projects are designed to slow down and infiltrate stormwater runoff. Stormwater runoff often causes erosion and can transport pollutants and sediments laden with excessive nutrients into lakes and ponds. The following projects involve a collaboration between governmental agencies, local towns and private landowners. They are completed using a combination of in-kind match, private contributions and grant funding.
Bucklin Beach Stormwater Improvement Project
LSPA partnered with the Little Lake Sunapee Protective Association (LLSPA) and the Town of New London Department of Public Works to complete the final phase of this project in October 2024. Stormwater best management practices (BMPs) were implemented by the Town and community volunteers that included the construction of dripline infiltration trenches, a vegetated swale and the addition of native plantings. These BMPs, along with a rain garden that was constructed in June 2024, are designed to slow down runoff, drop out sediment and temporarily store stormwater which will reduce beach channeling and prevent pollutants from reaching Little Lake Sunapee. Costs of this project were shared by LSPA, Little Lake Sunapee Protective Association and the Town of New London
Volunteers installing a rain garden at Bucklin Beach in June 2024.