.: The Watchic Lake Dam
Note: The dam will be opened October 15. 2009, to lower the water level for the winter. This helps to prevent ice damage and erosion.
.: More About the Watchic
Lake Dam
The
Watchic Lake
dam is a
concrete and earthen structure 110’ long, built in 1850. The dam is basically the same
today as it was then, except for maintenance, repairs, and gate
replacement. The dam was
built to hold the water level approximately 1 and 1/2 feet higher than we do today;
therefore the spillway is too high to provide for self regulation during
the summer months.
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10/5/09
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.: State Biologists Confirm Hydrilla Infestation in Damariscotta Lake
Dick Butterfield, a Jefferson volunteer for the Damariscotta Lake Watershed Association (DLWA), took a day-long workshop last spring on how to identify invasive aquatic plants.
In September that course and Butterfield's keen eyes may save Damariscotta Lake from the most aggressive invasive aquatic plant in North America--hydrilla (hydrilla verticillata). ...Read More
Posted:
10/5/2009
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