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  Winter 2011-2012 

    Well, just maybe there wasn't a winter of 2011-2012, unless you enjoy paying those heating oil bills. When we last met we were hoping for a pond freeze to cut the phragmites at ice level, that never happened. We have a new city mayor and ward councilor along with a couple of meetings about improving the water quality at the pond. Now that the computer is finally working again and the ski season is winding down( yes, there really was 2011-2012 ski season) we can get back to pond issues.

    

    

  October 23, 2011

  More information  Phragmites Australis Common Reed 

  Sept. 3, 2011

  ALGAE WARNING !!

  Concern about algae is prompting health advisory notices at Sassaquin Pond, according to the city's director of public health.

  "high bacteria counts , we are now seeing some activity with the harmful algae bloom," said Marianne De Souza.

The decision was based on local laboratory findings, in consultation with the MassDEP according to De Souza, who called the move a precaution and said the state will do testing next week. 

 "Unless we have cooling temperatures that the ... algae won't thrive in, Hurricane Irene just fed a lot of nutrients into that pond that will help the algae to grow.

this article appeared in the Standard Times on 9/3/2011 on page A9

posted by Tony 


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Browsing Archive: July, 2011

July 17, 2011

Posted by Anthony Arruda on Sunday, July 17, 2011,
Pond ph level shows minimal increase

The latest water sample test taken near Pepin's Beach shows a minimal increase in ph level to 6.56, an earlier test had the ph at 6.00. This last test was taken on 7-13-2011. This is as stated a minimal increase. It will be interesting to see what happens to these levels as the hot sunny weather of late July and August takes hold. Thanks for your continued interest.
Test results will post as soon as they are made known.

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July 3, 2011

Posted by Anthony Arruda on Sunday, July 3, 2011,
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About Me


Hi Everyone, My name is Tony Arruda, and my wife Rita have lived at the pond over 35 years. Actually Rita has lived here all of her life. We remember the days when you could just walk down to the pond and take a swim. Now you have to be very aware of the water quality of the pond. This web site was created for the residents of Sassaquin Pond as an informational source and a tool to help to improve the water quality of the pond for future generations.

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