These are preliminary results; some values may change or may be added or deleted as the data quality assessment continues. If these data are distributed to others, please be sure to indicate their preliminary nature.
Results in red below indicate that the lab did not pass quality control measures. The red color does not indicate low pH/alkalinity values.
2002 Results | April 21 2002 | July 21 2002 | october 20 2002 | ||||
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Town | Water Body Name | pH | ANC | pH | ANC | pH | ANC |
Agawam | Harts Pond; Gogulski Pond | 8.77 | 48.90 | 7.40 | 56.5 | 7.23 | 35.4 |
Agawam | Silver Lake; Porter Lake | 7.44 | 32.70 | 8.56 | 37.4 | 7.24 | 31.6 |
Amesbury | Lake Gardner | 6.98 | 11.50 | 7.25 | 15.5 | 7.08 | 16.5 |
Amesbury | Upper Attitash Pond | 7.27 | 14.50 | 7.65 | 17.0 | 7.15 | 19.0 |
Andover | River Street Pond | 7.55 | 30.00 | 6.63 | 39.0 | 6.67 | 22.5 |
Andover | Haggets Pond | 7.12 | 16.00 | 7.31 | 15.5 | 7.10 | 17.0 |
Ashburnham | Upper Naukeag Lake | 5.70 | 1.00 | 5.70 | 0.8 | 5.70 | 0.2 |
Ashburnham | Lake Watatic | 5.30 | 0.40 | 5.50 | 0.2 | 5.40 | 0.8 |
Ashburnham | Factory Village Pond | 6.20 | 3.60 | 6.50 | 13.6 | 6.50 | 10.6 |
Ashburnham | Lake Wampanoag | 5.30 | 0.00 | 5.20 | 1.6 | 5.10 | 0.2 |
Ashby | Ashby Reservoir | 6.20 | 2.00 | 6.40 | 4.4 | 6.40 | 3.2 |
Ashby | Wright Pond | 5.50 | 0.20 | 5.70 | 0.8 | 6.00 | 1.8 |
Ashfield | Ashfield Lake | 7.53 | 34.80 | 7.95 | 26.0 | 7.59 | 36.5 |
Athol | Sportsmans Pond | 6.00 | 2.80 | 6.30 | 3.8 | 6.10 | 1.6 |
Athol | Lake Rohunta - South Basin | 6.30 | 4.40 | 6.30 | 4.2 | 6.50 | 4.2 |
Ayer | Grove Pond | 6.80 | 30.10 | 6.90 | 38.7 | 6.60 | 21.7 |
Ayer | Sandy Pond | 6.70 | 6.60 | 6.80 | 7.4 | 6.68 | 10.7 |
Barre | East Branch Swift River | 6.49 | 2.90 | 6.62 | 6.0 | 6.69 | 5.8 |
Belchertown | Scarboro Pond | 6.59 | 3.30 | 6.60 | 5.3 | 6.39 | 5.8 |
Belchertown | Knights Pond | 5.45 | 0.30 | 5.73 | 0.6 | 5.62 | 0.7 |
Belchertown | Quabbin Station 202 | 6.65 | 3.00 | 6.97 | 3.2 | ||
Berkley | County Road Pond | 6.18 | 7.10 | ||||
Blandford | Beaver Pond | 6.48 | 10.80 | 6.61 | 16.9 | 6.43 | 6.5 |
Blandford | Blair Pond; Pixley Pond | 6.61 | 6.10 | 6.66 | 9.2 | 7.01 | 8.1 |
Blandford | Cobble Mtn. Reservoir | 6.76 | 4.60 | 6.97 | 5.2 | 6.73 | 5.5 |
Bourne | Red Brook Pond | 6.86 | 8.60 | 6.87 | 8.0 | 6.35 | 7.0 |
Brewster | Round Pond | 5.58 | 0.40 | 5.69 | 0.1 | 5.66 | 0.0 |
Brewster | Ruth Pond | 5.10 | 0.00 | 5.05 | -0.4 | 4.82 | 0.0 |
Brimfield | East Brimfield Reservoir | 6.44 | 9.20 | 7.00 | 14.0 | 6.62 | 8.4 |
Brimfield | Sherman Pond | 6.76 | 4.40 | 6.87 | 8.8 | 6.91 | 8.9 |
Burlington | Woods Corner Pond | 7.06 | 60.00 | 7.31 | 74.7 | 6.80 | 61.5 |
Burlington | Mill Pond | 7.63 | 20.20 | 7.69 | 23.3 | 7.21 | 22.1 |
Canton | Ponkapog Pond | 6.73 | 6.40 | 6.80 | 9.9 | ||
Cheshire | Cheshire Reservoir-North | 8.41 | 92.8 | 7.84 | 92.8 | ||
Dalton | Reservoir No. 1 | 6.72 | 2.0 | 7.52 | 16.2 | ||
Dartmouth | Beagle Club Pond | 7.24 | 13.30 | 7.14 | 13.3 | 7.63 | 17.2 |
Dartmouth | Noquockoke Lake - South | 6.17 | 6.00 | 6.72 | 12.8 | 6.83 | 7.5 |
Douglas | Wallum Lake | 6.33 | 1.40 | 6.37 | 1.8 | 6.27 | 1.6 |
Douglas | Whitins Res;Wallis Reservoir | 5.98 | 0.10 | 6.22 | 1.2 | 6.05 | 0.8 |
Egremont | Mill Pond; Smiley Mill | 7.81 | 104.40 | 7.64 | 113.7 | 7.76 | 128.2 |
Erving | Laurel Lake | 6.22 | 1.60 | 6.01 | 1.6 | 6.07 | 1.6 |
Fall River | North Watuppa Lake | 4.60 | -1.60 | 5.92 | 1.1 | 4.84 | -1.5 |
Falmouth | Jenkins Pond | 6.56 | 6.00 | 6.97 | 5.9 | 6.34 | 5.0 |
Fitchburg | Saima Pond | 6.30 | 5.60 | 6.40 | 10.4 | 6.20 | 5.4 |
Fitchburg | Sheldon Pond | 6.10 | 3.80 | 6.30 | 4.0 | 5.80 | 2.4 |
Franklin | Pleasant Street Pond | 6.61 | 22.50 | 7.09 | 17.4 | 6.81 | 14.5 |
Franklin | Uncas Pond | 6.84 | 10.90 | 7.06 | 11.9 | 6.73 | 12.2 |
Freetown | Shingle Island Brook | 5.31 | 0.80 | 6.30 | 9.5 | 5.73 | 1.4 |
Freetown | Burns Lane Pond | 5.49 | 1.20 | 4.55 | -1.7 | 5.81 | 2.8 |
Freetown | Rattlesnake Brook | 4.48 | -2.00 | 5.37 | 0.1 | 4.49 | -1.9 |
Gardner | Cowee Pond | 5.20 | -0.40 | 5.40 | 0.2 | 5.70 | 0.0 |
Gardner | Stump Pond | 5.50 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 3.0 | 5.60 | 2.4 |
Georgetown | Pentucket Pond | 7.47 | 22.00 | 7.48 | 24.5 | 7.32 | 26.5 |
Grafton | Hovey Pond | 7.09 | 25.50 | 6.72 | 22.6 | 7.15 | 13.5 |
Grafton | Lake Ripple | 7.43 | 21.20 | 7.02 | 25.6 | 7.18 | 17.5 |
Granby | Forge Pond | 7.18 | 25.00 | 8.89 | 35.2 | 6.80 | 28.8 |
Great Barrington | Brookside Pond | 7.84 | 41.90 | 7.88 | 73.8 | 7.60 | 61.4 |
Great Barrington | Long Pond | 7.86 | 68.90 | 8.87 | 69.3 | 7.89 | 64.7 |
Greenfield | Newell Pond | 6.82 | 20.40 | 7.04 | 28.4 | 6.68 | 18.1 |
Groton | Duck Pond | 5.90 | 1.3 | 5.45 | 1.3 | ||
Hardwick | Fisk Pond | 6.48 | 4.40 | 6.44 | 6.3 | 6.53 | 5.8 |
Harvard | Bare Hill Pond | 6.70 | 7.70 | 6.80 | 9.3 | 7.03 | 9.4 |
Harvard | Horse Meadow Pond | 6.50 | 17.70 | 6.50 | 14.1 | 5.85 | 1.8 |
Harvard | Mirror Lake | 7.95 | 50.70 | 8.10 | 45.6 | 7.57 | 52.0 |
Harvard | Robbins Pond | 7.20 | 45.10 | 7.20 | 47.9 | 7.30 | 52.3 |
Harwich | John Josephs Pond; Briggs Pond | 6.38 | 3.40 | 7.05 | 3.3 | ||
Harwich | Cornelius Pond; Briar Pond | 4.60 | -1.00 | 4.58 | -1.3 | ||
Harwich | Walkers Pond; Hawks Nest Pond | 3.82 | -4.40 | 4.66 | -0.6 | ||
Hinsdale | Belmont Reservoir | 6.94 | 9.2 | 5.29 | 1.6 | ||
Holden | Holden Reservoir 1 | 6.96 | 4.80 | 7.02 | 4.6 | 6.96 | 7.2 |
Holyoke | Wright Pond | 7.96 | 39.00 | 8.53 | 36.6 | 7.65 | 25.9 |
Hopkinton | Whitehall Reservoir | 6.27 | 2.00 | 6.19 | 3.7 | 5.90 | 0.6 |
Hubbardston | Bickford Pond (Ropers Reservoir) | 6.20 | 1.60 | 6.60 | 1.2 | 6.73 | 4.0 |
Hubbardston | Lovewell Pond | 5.80 | 0.80 | 5.93 | 1.9 | 6.08 | 3.0 |
Kingston | Indian Pond | 5.12 | 1.4 | 5.31 | 1.3 | ||
Leicester | Burncoat Pond | 6.53 | 6.30 | 7.02 | 9.7 | 7.11 | 7.7 |
Leicester | Cedar Meadow Pond | 6.81 | 8.20 | 6.92 | 11.1 | 7.08 | 9.1 |
Leicester | Lynde Brook Reservoir | 7.25 | 7.30 | 7.00 | 7.9 | 7.12 | 9.6 |
Leicester | Waite Pond | 7.08 | 10.40 | 7.26 | 16.4 | 7.41 | 15.2 |
Mansfield | Plain Street Pond | 6.56 | 13.90 | 6.68 | 19.5 | ||
Mansfield | Fulton Pond | 6.94 | 14.60 | 7.55 | 17.6 | ||
Medfield | Notch Pond | 5.07 | 0.70 | 5.27 | 1.0 | 6.00 | 4.0 |
Methuen | Mystic Pond | 6.83 | 20.50 | 7.27 | 33.5 | 7.07 | 37.0 |
Millbury | Slaughterhouse Pond | 6.24 | 4.30 | 6.26 | 4.4 | 5.91 | 1.6 |
Millbury | Woolshop Pond | 6.90 | 22.70 | 6.70 | 24.9 | 7.17 | 16.7 |
Millis | Richardsons Pond | 6.73 | 16.30 | 6.35 | 10.4 | 6.64 | 7.1 |
Milton | Hemenway Pond | 6.29 | 12.40 | 6.40 | 13.8 | ||
Milton | Pine Tree Pond | 7.44 | 38.20 | 6.91 | 53.9 | ||
Monson | Chicopee Brook Pond | 6.79 | 10.60 | 6.78 | 13.1 | 6.88 | 14.7 |
Monterey | Lake Garfield | 7.69 | 45.90 | 9.50 | 40.3 | 7.69 | 48.2 |
Monterey | Steadman Pond | 6.93 | 11.40 | 7.30 | 20.3 | ||
New Bedford | Sassaquin Pond | 6.73 | 2.60 | 6.68 | 3.8 | 6.66 | 3.5 |
New Bedford | Turner Pond | 4.78 | -1.20 | 5.24 | 0.7 | 5.55 | 0.8 |
New Marlborough | Hay Meadow Pond | 7.33 | 17.90 | 7.91 | 19.7 | 7.38 | 21.3 |
New Salem | Bassett Pond | 5.50 | 0.10 | 5.41 | 0.6 | 5.40 | 0.6 |
Norfolk | Stony Brook Pond | 7.26 | 28.70 | 6.79 | 18.8 | 7.09 | 19.5 |
North Andover | Lake Cochichewick | 7.53 | 17.00 | 7.10 | 16.5 | 6.94 | 15.0 |
North Andover | Stearns Pond | 6.27 | 5.00 | 6.02 | 3.5 | 6.10 | 3.5 |
Northbridge | Riverdale Pond | 7.11 | 29.30 | 7.59 | 40.8 | 7.26 | 27.5 |
Norton | Winnecunnet Pond | 6.94 | 9.30 | 7.05 | 13.4 | ||
Oakham | Browning Pond | 6.81 | 2.90 | 7.07 | 4.5 | 6.67 | 4.9 |
Orange | Tully Pond | 6.54 | 4.90 | 6.73 | 4.5 | 6.47 | 4.7 |
Orleans | Crystal Lake | 6.44 | 1.00 | 6.67 | 1.0 | ||
Palmer | Crystal Lake | 4.75 | -0.70 | 4.59 | -1.4 | 4.47 | -1.8 |
Paxton | Kettle Brook Reservoir 3 | 6.72 | 3.30 | 7.13 | 6.2 | 7.08 | 6.9 |
Pelham | Hawley Reservoir | 6.21 | 1.90 | 6.76 | 4.0 | 6.61 | 4.7 |
Pelham | Hill Reservoir | 5.29 | 0.10 | 6.82 | 2.4 | 6.08 | 2.9 |
Pelham | Cadwell Creek | 5.94 | 1.00 | 6.86 | 3.9 | 6.27 | 1.9 |
Pepperell | Heald Pond | 6.85 | 17.00 | 6.80 | 15.5 | 6.80 | 15.5 |
Petersham | Carter Pond | 6.65 | 5.60 | 7.03 | 8.2 | 6.94 | 9.1 |
Plainfield | Plainfield Pond | 6.92 | 4.90 | 7.01 | 7.4 | 7.03 | 7.0 |
Plymouth | Hedges Pond | 6.10 | 1.80 | 6.21 | 3.1 | 5.85 | 3.8 |
Plymouth | South Triangle Pond | 5.33 | 0.80 | 5.37 | 3.4 | 5.60 | 1.5 |
Plymouth | Weeks Pond | 6.40 | 6.10 | 6.32 | 9.5 | 6.28 | 6.1 |
Plymouth | College Pond | 6.16 | 0.10 | 6.08 | 2.8 | 5.85 | 2.2 |
Plymouth | Ezekiel Pond | 6.00 | 2.30 | 6.02 | 2.4 | 6.13 | 5.3 |
Plymouth | Little Sandy Pond | 4.86 | 0.00 | 5.15 | -0.5 | 6.01 | 2.9 |
Plymouth | New Long Pond | 5.90 | 1.40 | 5.80 | 2.8 | 5.38 | 0.7 |
Plymouth | Mare Pond | 6.30 | 2.80 | 5.89 | 6.4 | 6.08 | 4.9 |
Princeton | Crow Hill Pond | 6.20 | 1.60 | 6.20 | 2.8 | 6.10 | 3.0 |
Quincy | Blue Hills Reservoir | 6.72 | 3.30 | 6.60 | 3.5 | ||
Raynham | Johnson Pond; | 6.25 | 2.50 | 6.68 | 8.7 | 6.75 | 10.5 |
Raynham | Kings Pond | 6.39 | 7.20 | 6.60 | 9.0 | 6.80 | 8.9 |
Rowley | Lower Mill Pond | 7.51 | 41.00 | 7.25 | 60.0 | 6.96 | 54.0 |
Rutland | Cloverdale Street Pond | 6.26 | 6.90 | 6.68 | 9.7 | 5.98 | 3.2 |
Rutland | Demond Pond | 6.80 | 8.90 | 6.78 | 9.7 | 6.90 | 9.3 |
Sandisfield | Upper Spectacle Pond | 6.85 | 8.30 | 7.37 | 10.3 | 6.92 | 9.9 |
Sandisfield | West Lake | 7.51 | 22.70 | 7.68 | 24.8 | 7.41 | 25.7 |
Savoy | Bog Pond; Anthony Pond | 7.37 | 12.0 | 7.39 | 13.6 | ||
Sherborn | Farm Pond | 6.34 | 1.10 | 6.19 | 2.0 | ||
Shirley | Phoenix Pond | 7.00 | 21.10 | 7.15 | 25.9 | 6.55 | 23.6 |
Shirley | Ice House Pond | 6.80 | 22.10 | 7.20 | 34.1 | 6.70 | 22.5 |
Shrewsbury | Newton Pond; Mud Pond | 7.29 | 16.20 | 7.23 | 17.4 | 7.13 | 13.1 |
Shrewsbury | Dean Park Pond | 7.44 | 21.10 | 9.09 | 26.6 | 6.95 | 17.0 |
Shutesbury | Lake Wyola | 6.42 | 2.00 | 6.68 | 2.5 | 6.55 | 3.2 |
Shutesbury | West Br Swift River | 5.63 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 2.2 | 5.85 | 0.8 |
Spencer | Thompsons Pond | 6.59 | 4.90 | 6.67 | 7.5 | 6.68 | 6.7 |
Springfield | Porter Lake West | 7.30 | 46.30 | 8.98 | 56.6 | 7.23 | 35.3 |
Springfield | Lake Lorraine | 6.66 | 6.40 | 7.43 | 5.7 | 6.80 | 5.7 |
Sterling | Fitch Basin | 6.40 | 7.60 | 7.00 | 9.6 | 6.40 | 7.2 |
Sterling | Pratt Junction Pond | 7.00 | 19.20 | 6.70 | 18.8 | 6.60 | 14.2 |
Sutton | Dark Brook Pond | 6.42 | 7.00 | 6.43 | 8.7 | 6.46 | 6.8 |
Sutton | Ramshorn Pond | 6.85 | 7.10 | 7.12 | 7.2 | 6.95 | 8.3 |
Sutton | Smith Pond | 5.29 | 0.2 | ||||
Sutton | Stevens Pond | 6.98 | 10.60 | 7.35 | 10.0 | 7.14 | 11.4 |
Taunton | Deep Pond | 6.39 | 2.10 | 6.64 | 2.8 | 6.39 | 4.0 |
Templeton | Day Mill Pond | 6.00 | 4.00 | 6.40 | 17.0 | 6.40 | 6.0 |
Templeton | Greenwood Pond | 4.80 | -0.40 | 5.80 | 4.4 | 5.30 | 4.0 |
Tolland | Trout Pond 2; Demming Pond | 5.83 | 8.00 | ||||
Truro | Round Pond | 5.00 | -0.40 | 4.73 | -0.5 | 4.96 | -0.6 |
Truro | Ryder Pond | 6.03 | 0.60 | 5.56 | 0.5 | 6.10 | 1.0 |
Waltham | Hardys Pond | 7.50 | 34.00 | 9.34 | 42.4 | 7.37 | 39.8 |
Wareham | Dicks Pond | 6.15 | 4.20 | 5.98 | 6.3 | 5.84 | 6.4 |
Wareham | Spectacle Pond | 6.36 | 3.30 | 6.45 | 5.6 | 6.33 | 5.6 |
Warwick | Moores Pond | 6.09 | 1.50 | 6.47 | 2.9 | 6.42 | 3.1 |
Webster | Nipmuck Pond | 5.61 | 0.3 | 5.07 | -0.5 | ||
Webster | Webster Lake | 6.77 | 8.70 | 7.45 | 10.8 | 6.83 | 6.7 |
Wellfleet | Duck Pond | 4.93 | -0.50 | 4.76 | -1.0 | 5.10 | -0.7 |
Wellfleet | Great Pond | 5.04 | -0.50 | 4.78 | -1.0 | 4.96 | -0.5 |
Wellfleet | Herring Pond | 6.54 | 5.25 | 6.85 | 6.0 | 7.17 | 6.5 |
Wellfleet | Higgins Pond | 6.65 | 4.75 | 7.01 | 6.0 | 6.95 | 5.5 |
Wellfleet | Kinnacum Pond | 4.68 | -1.20 | 4.55 | -1.0 | 4.69 | -1.0 |
Wellfleet | Long Pond | 4.86 | -0.60 | 4.66 | -0.5 | 4.85 | -0.6 |
Wellfleet | Southeast Pond | 5.00 | -0.50 | 4.62 | -0.5 | 4.98 | -0.5 |
Wellfleet | Spectacle Pond | 5.16 | -0.30 | 4.84 | 0.0 | 5.09 | -0.3 |
Wendell | Fiske Pond | 4.92 | -0.30 | 5.55 | 0.3 | 5.78 | 0.8 |
Westfield | Buck Pond | 6.78 | 20.20 | 7.12 | 17.7 | 6.83 | 18.1 |
Westfield | Doe Pond | 5.72 | 3.00 | 5.62 | 4.0 | 5.35 | 4.0 |
Westminster | Minott Pond South | 5.20 | -0.40 | 4.80 | -0.8 | 5.00 | 0.0 |
Westport | Angeline Brook | 4.52 | -2.20 | 4.15 | -4.3 | ||
Westport | Bread And Cheese | 6.03 | 1.60 | 6.40 | 8.4 | 6.04 | 3.1 |
Westwood | Storrow Pond | 6.23 | 4.40 | 6.25 | 7.4 | 6.34 | 4.7 |
Williamsburg | Brass Mill Pond | 7.29 | 13.10 | 7.78 | 22.1 | 7.36 | 17.1 |
Winchendon | Lake Denison | 5.90 | 0.40 | 6.60 | 4.2 | 6.40 | 2.4 |
Winchester | Upper Mystic Lake | 8.00 | 38.70 | 7.38 | 55.6 | ||
Worcester | Coes Reservoir | 7.50 | 21.0 | 7.40 | 23.1 | ||
Worthington | Conwell Pond | 6.90 | 10.50 | 7.00 | 14.0 | 6.86 | 13.2 |
Wrentham | Lake Archer | 7.40 | 21.90 | 7.61 | 23.2 | 7.18 | 20.6 |
Wrentham | Lake Pearl | 7.26 | 26.80 | 7.03 | 27.4 | 7.25 | 27.8 |
Wrentham | Trout Pond | 6.85 | 13.60 | 7.45 | 31.3 | 6.94 | 15.4 |
Yarmouth | Big Sandy Pond | 4.96 | -0.10 | 5.40 | -0.2 | ||
Yarmouth | Horse Pond | 4.86 | -0.40 | 4.90 | 0.2 | ||
Yarmouth | Turtle Pond | 6.72 | 12.50 | 7.86 | 15.7 |