Water Quality Monitoring
The Lake Kanasatka Association participates in the Lakes Lay Monitoring Program (LLMP) which is administered jointly through the UNH Cooperative Extension Natural Resources Program Team and the Center for Freshwater Biology at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). This volunteer-based, citizen science program provides valuable data on the lakes of New Hampshire. More than 1100 volunteers across the state have participated in this program since the beginning of the monitoring efforts in 1979.
LLMP Water Quality Monitoring Reports
Please note that these reports show a summary of information for the last 4 years. When the 2022 reports are available they will be added below. The LLMP Program discontinued creating full reports in 2018, which is why that is the only year where the highlight and full report are shown. To view the reports for waterbodies around the state, use the LLMP Mapper.
Lake Kanasatka
Lake Kanasatka2022 Highlight Report
2021 Highlight Report
2020 Highlight Report
2019 Highlight Report
2018 Highlights/ Full Report
Wakondah Pond
2022 Highlight Report
2021 Highlight Report
Water Quality Presentations
July 2022
July 2021
July 2019
July 2018
Photos courtesy of Laura Diemer, FBE
Thank you to UNH for loaning LKWA the water quality monitoring equipment in the photos below!
Conductivity Meter
Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Meter
VanDorn Sampling Chamber
Kanasatka Cyanobacteria Update 10.10.2022
Lake Kanasatka was resampled this weekend, and samples were reviewed today, 10/10/2022. The cyanobacteria density has increased again and formed visual surface scums in some locations. A sample from Sandy Cove had a density of 407,900 cells/mL, and the dam area had around 22,200 cells/mL. The cyanobacteria present in samples was primarily Dolichospermum, Apahnizomenon, Woronichinia and Microcysits. Please keep signs posted at public access points. NHDES will review samples again in a week. If people ask for updates on the current cyanobacteria advisory status, please direct them to the Beach Advisories Mapper. If you click on the advisory symbol, you can see our most recent sampling date. When advisories are lifted, the red symbol for the waterbody will no longer be on the map. Please forward to other residents / community members around the waterbody, and provide me with any contacts (first and last names, and emails) of folks who want to be directly included on future communications from NHDES. Thank you to folks helping with resampling efforts! Kate Langley Hastings | Cyanobacteria HAB Program Coordinator | Watershed Management Bureau, Water Division | New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
Kanasatka Cyanobacteria Update 10.3.2022
Lake Kanasatka was resampled this weekend, and samples were reviewed today, 10/3/2022. The cyanobacteria density has decreased from last week, but is still visually present as flecks suspended in the water column, observed around the waterbody. A sample from the West side had a density of 42,800 cells/mL, and the dam area had around 14,066 cells/mL. A scum was reported after sampling, but was not sampled. The continued presence of fairly high cyanobacteria indicates the potential for surface scums to form under the right conditions. We will be keeping the advisory in place for another week to make sure densities decrease further. The cyanobacteria present in samples was primarily Dolichospermum (several species) and Apahnizomenon. Please keep signs posted at public access points. NHDES will review samples again in a week. If people ask for updates on the current cyanobacteria advisory status, please direct them to the Beach Advisories Mapper. If you click on the advisory symbol, you can see our most recent sampling date. When advisories are lifted, the red symbol for the waterbody will no longer be on the map. Please forward to other residents / community members around the waterbody, and provide me with any contacts (first and last names, and emails) of folks who [...]