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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.

April 13 2003 Results. The water bodies are listed alphabetically by name

Name
PALSITE
pH
ANC
Ashby
81001
5.80
1.2
Ashfield
33001
6.58
7.0
Bare Hill
81007
6.60
6.3
Bassett
35002
5.91
1.3
Beaver Pond
32005
6.74
3.2
Bickford
36015
5.00
-0.5
Big Sandy
96015
5.25
0.7
Blair Pond
32009
5.65
1.4
Blue Hill
73004
6.40
2.2
Brass Mill
34011
6.68
5.4
Briggs/Josephs
96027
4.88
-0.8
Brookside Pond
21013
7.51
31.8
Browning
36025
5.89
2.0
Buck Pond
32012
6.48
15.2
Burncoat
42007
6.18
4.6
Cadwell
3626575
4.97
-0.3
Carter
36029
6.31
2.5
Cedar Meadow
42007
6.31
5.1
Cloverdale Street
36036
6.11
2.8
Cobble Mtn Reservoir
32018
6.38
4.0
College
95030
6.06
1.2
Conwell
32025
6.51
6.8
Cornelius
96045
5.02
-0.3
Cowee
35013
4.60
-1.4
Crow Hill
81026
5.90
1.0
Dark Brook
51034
6.44
4.0
Day Mill
35016
5.70
0.8
Dean Park
82026
6.68
10.9
Demond
36051
6.43
5.2
Denison
35017
5.25
-0.4
Dicks
95038
6.21
7.4
Doe Pond
32031
5.30
3.0
E. Branch Swift
3627200
5.36
0.7
Ezekiel
95051
6.02
4.5
Factory Village
81037
6.00
1.0
Farm Pond
72039
5.82
0.7
Fisk
36060
6.17
3.8
Fiske
34023
4.79
-1.0
Fitchburg
81041
6.30
6.6
Forge
34024
6.82
11.4
Greenwood
35026
4.50
-2.0
Haggetts Pond
84022
6.80
14.0
Harts Pond
34030
7.10
19.2
Hawks Nest
96131
6.02
3.5
Hawley
34031
5.27
1.1
Hay Meadow Pond
373
6.59
11.6
Heald
81056
6.45
11.2
Hedges
94065
6.06
2.8
Hemenway
73024
6.22
14.1
Hill/New Amethyst
34032
4.67
-0.8
Holden Res #1
51063
6.12
1.7
Horse
96143
5.01
-0.2
Horse Meadow
81059
6.43
7.8
Hovey
51068
6.78
19.5
Ice House
81166
6.49
7.6
Jenkins
96155
6.20
6.6
Kettle Brook Res #3
51081
5.90
3.6
Knights
36077
5.06
-0.2
L. Archer
72002
7.19
18.9
L. Cochewick
84008
7.05
12.5
L. Gardner
84018
6.65
7.5
L. Pearl
72092
7.04
17.5
L. Ripple
51135
6.49
13.7
L. Wampanoag
81151
5.00
0.6
L. Watatic
35095
5.20
1.0
L. Wyola/Locks
34103
5.08
0.0
Lake Garfield
21040
7.29
24.6
Lake Lorraine
36084
6.64
5.7
Little Sandy
95092
5.25
2.0
Long Pond
21062
7.15
41.6
Lovewell
36085
6.80
0.5
Lower Mill Pond
91008
6.87
15.5
Lynde Brook Res
51090
6.41
6.9
Mare
95172
6.10
6.5
Mill
92041
7.01
19.0
Mill Pond
21069
7.78
79.3
Minott
35045
4.80
-0.8
Mirror
81085
7.31
48.1
Moores
35046
5.08
0.6
Mystic Pond
84043
6.55
18.0
New Long
95112
5.35
2.6
Newton/Mud
51110
6.77
11.7
Notch
72088
4.77
-0.9
Pentucket Pond
91010
6.90
15.5
Perter Lake West
34072
7.31
27.7
Phoenix
81100
7.00
12.6
Pine Tree
73038
6.85
21.0
Pleasant Street
72095
6.41
8.4
Ponkapoag
73043
6.49
6.0
Pratt Junction
81146
6.50
7.8
Quabbin Stn 202
36129
6.63
2.3
Ramshorn
51126
6.47
3.9
Red Brook
96256
6.16
6.7
Richardson's
72100
6.55
6.9
River St. Pond
83017
6.45
13.0
Riverdale
51136
7.00
17.0
Robbins
81111
7.12
47.9
Rohunta
35107
5.60
-3.4
Round
96264
5.60
0.6
Ruth
96267
5.29
0.2
Saima
81115
5.70
0.8
Scarboro
34080
5.94
0.9
Sharpner's Pond
92058
5.97
8.0
Sheldon
81121
5.70
1.4
Silver Lake
34084
7.24
20.3
Slaughterhouse
51152
6.06
1.7
South Triangle
94149
4.80
1.0
Spectacle
95142
6.25
5.1
Sportsmans
35082
5.70
2.4
Steadman Pond
21102
6.50
4.4
Stearns Pond
92061
6.51
4.5
Stevens
51159
6.84
6.5
Stony Brook
72113
6.82
11.0
Storrow
72115
5.87
1.9
Stump
35085
4.60
-2.0
Thompson's
36155
6.01
2.7
Trout
72119
6.55
9.5
Trout Pond 2
31042
4.60
-0.7
Tully
35089
6.05
3.7
Turtle
96315
6.27
12.5
Uncas
72122
6.46
8.7
Upper Attitash Pond
84072
6.98
16.0
Upper Naukeag
35090
4.60
-2.0
Upper Spectacle Pond
31044
6.16
4.9
W. Branch Swift
3626800
5.19
-0.1
Waite
51170
6.39
8.4
Wallum
51172
5.87
1.2
Webster/Charbunagun
42064
6.89
6.0
Weeks
94169
6.42
6.4
West Lake
31050
6.51
7.7
Whitehall
82120
6.18
1.7
Whitin/Wallis
51179
5.32
0.5
Woods Corner
83019
7.01
61.6
Woolshop
51186
6.68
14.4
Wright
81160
5.30
1.0
Wright Pond
32078
7.05
34.1

October 26 2003 Results. Water bodies are listed alphabetically by town.

TOWN Name
pH
Alkalinity
Ashburnham Upper Naukeag Lake
6
-1
Ashburnham Whitman River
6.7
3.8
Ashburnham Bluefield Brook
4.9
0
Ashby Willard Brook
6.59**
5.6**
Ashby Trapfall Brook
6.53**
5.2**
Ashby Wright Pond
7.2
6
Ashby Ashby Reservoir
7
5
Ashfield South River
7.22
39.1
Barre East Branch Swift River
6.52
3.8
Becket Hamilton Brook
6.81
13.3
Becket Walker Brook
6.86
14.7
Belchertown Quabbin Station 202
6.63
2.6
Blandford Cobble Mountain Reservoir
6.66
5.4
Boylston Sewall Brook
6.89*
21.3
Bridgewater Weweantic River
5.82*
3.2*
Charlemont East Oxbow Brook
6.74
8.4
Charlemont Hartwell Brook
7.47
29.5
Charlemont Todd Brook
6.79
5.7
Colrain Vincent Brook
7.18
12.6
Colrain Stafford Brook
7.32
109.5
Colrain North River
7.29
24.1
Dalton Barton Brook
7.86
61.2
Dalton Anthony Brook
6.81
7.8
Dartmouth Beagle Club Pond
7.21
14.7
Douglas Laurel Brook
5.17*
0.8
Dover Noanet Brook
6.34**
11.8**
Eastham Hatches Creek
6.06
8.21
Easton Mulberry Meadow
6.55
10.8
Easton Poquanticut
6.52
8.1
Easton Beaver Brook
6.76
16.7
Easton Black Brook
6.39
7.5
Fall River King Phillip Brook
4.61
-2.1
Fall River North Watuppa Lake
6.03
1.2
Fall River Blossom Brook
4.71
-1.6
Fitchburg Monoosnuc Brook
7.2
21.6
Franklin Miller Brook
6.41**
16.6**
Freetown Rattlesnake Brook
4.6
-2
Freetown Terry Brook
5.84
1.6
Freetown Shingle Island Brook
5.14
0.3
Gardner Wilder Brook
5.4
1.8
Gardner Baker Brook
5
1.4
Gardner Mahoney Brook
5.4
-0.2
Gardner Bailey Brook
4.8
-0.4
Grafton Cronin Brook
6.44*
12.5
Granville Fox Brook
6.5
17.1
Granville Pond Brook
6.69
4.9
Granville Ripley Brook
5.28
0.9
Granville Valley Brook
6.48
3.5
Hamilton Black Brook
6.61
26
Haverhill Fishin Brook
6.9
29
Hawley Bozrah Brook
7.18
19.9
Heath Kinsman Brook
7.03
15.7
Heath Underwood Brool
6.85
9.2
Hinsdale Bilodeau Brook
7.2
26.6
Hinsdale Belmont Reservoir
4.95
-0.4
Holden Scott Brook
5.63*
0.6
Holden Wadsworth Brook    
Hopkinton Whitehall Reservoir
5.92**
1.6**
Hopkinton Whitehall Brook
6.06**
12.6**
Hubbardston West Branch Ware River
5.7
2
Ipswich Bull Brook
6.48
21
Ipswich Ipswich River
6.8
29
Ipswich Kimball Brook
7.12
38
Lancaster McGovern Brook
7.7
21.4
Leominster Bartlett Pond Brook
5.4
1.8
Marlborough Millham Brook
6.83*
36.7
Mendon Ohio Brook
4.76*
-0.3
Mendon Round Meadow Brook
5.65*
2.3
Middleborough Beaverdam Brook
4.07*
0*
Middleton Boston Brook
6.84
24
Milford Godfrey Brook
6.77*
27.3
Millbury Singletary Brook
6.99*
10.9
Millbury Stone Brook
6.14*
28.6
Millville Aldrich Brook
5.9*
4.4
New Braintree Sucker Brook
6.13*
6.5
New Salem Moosehorn Brook
6.58
3.5
New Salem Hop Brook
6.8
7
Norfolk Stop River
6.68**
18.4**
Norfolk Cress Brook
6.38**
19.7**
North Attleborough Bungay River
6.81
16.8
Oakham Burrow Brook
6.01*
1.3
Oakham Maynard Brook
5.47*
0.8
Otis Benton Brook
6.18
4.6
Oxford French River
6.53*
9.7
Oxford Wellington Brook
6.06*
20.4
Palmer Crystal Lake
4.77
-0.9
Pelham Hawley Reservoir
6.14
2.4
Pelham Cadwell Creek
5.89
1.4
Pepperell Gulf Brook
7.01
16.5
Pepperell Robinson Brook
7.3
35.4
Peru Kilburn Brook
7.21
23.7
Plymouth College Pond
6.13*
2.6*
Plymouth Ezekiel Pond
6.05*
2.7*
Plymouth Hedges Pond
5.87*
1.9*
Plymouth Little Sandy Pond
5.06*
(-)0.1*
Plymouth Beaver Dam Brook
6.13*
6.9*
Raynham Snake River
6.4
6.4
Raynham Dam Lot Brook
6.43
6.9
Raynham Bassett Brook
5.99
4.8
Rehoboth Rocky Run
5.82
5.2
Richmond Sleepy Hollow Brook
7.88
184.8
Rowe Lord Brook
6.68
3.9
Royalston Towne Brook
5.3
0
Royalston Scott Brook
5.5
1.2
Royalston Kenny Brook
6
1.4
Royalston Boyce Brook
5.8
1
Seekonk Torrey Creek
6.15
15.2
Seekonk Clear Run Brook
6.95
35.2
Sheffield Dry Brook
7.39
127.6
Sheffield Soda Creek
7.79
59
Shelburne Hinsdale Brook
7.82
67.5
Shelburne Shingle Brook
7.55
76.8
Shutesbury West Branch Swift River
5.66
1.4
Shutesbury Lake Wyola
6.33
2.3
Shutesbury Atherton Brook
6.16
1.7
Shutesbury Dean Brook
6.03
1.3
Springfield Lake Lorraine
6.76
5.4
Swansea Kickamuit River
6.45
10.9
Swansea Cole River
6.44
10.9
Tolland Babcock Brook
5.5
0.7
Tolland Moody Brook
7.05
12.1
Townsend Bixby Brook
6.15**
4.4**
Waltham Clematis Brook
6.63**
39.1**
Ware Flat Brook
6.52
8
Ware Beaver Brook
6.75
10.9
Warwick Black Brook
6.37
4.6
Warwick Kidder Brook
6.77
4.2
Washington Cady Brook
7
19.2
Washington Mill Brook
7.55
23.3
Webster Nipmuck Pond
5.59*
0.1
Wellfleet Silver Spring Brook
6.92
8.6
Wellfleet Kinnacum Pond
4.84
-0.065
Wellfleet Great Pond
5.18
-0.25
West Springfield Bagg Brook
7.77
93
West Stockbridge Williams River
8.02
156.8
Westfield Little River
7.08
13.2
Westport Bread And Cheese Brook
5.78
2.8
Westport Angeline Brook
4.26
-3.2
Westwood Powissett Brook
5.91**
4.5**
Winchendon Robbins Brook
5.3
0
Winchendon Spud Brook
5.8
2
Winchendon Burnshirt River
6
2
Winchendon Beaman Brook
5.5
0.6
Worcester Coal Mine Brook
7.21*
39.8
Worcester Dorothy Brook
6.67*
29.6
Yarmouth Hawes Run
5.64
3.2
* did not pass Lab Quality Control **did not meet holding time requirement

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