Saco River Basin
Water Quality Monitoring Program
2003 Season Information
Each one of the links below will lead to a site summary of data results for the 2003 season. As you review these reports, you will notice that some numbers are typed in red. These are data results that fell either above or below the optimum low-high ranges as outlined below.

Parameter Low High Unit of Measurement
pH
6.00
8.00
 units
Dissolved Oxygen
71.00
110.00
 percent saturation
Turbidity
0.00
10.00
 nephelometric turbidity units
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
0.00
1.00
 milligrams per liter
Total Phosphorus
0.00
0.03
 milligrams per liter
Escherichia coli (single sample)
0.00
240.00
 colonies per 100 milliliters
Escherichia coli (five samples)
0.00
126.00
 colonies per 100 milliliters

Currently, these files are only available online in a Microsoft Excel (*.xls) format. If you do not have Microsoft Excel and still wish to receive a copy of the data, please contact the Commission Office.
Monitored on Tuesdays
S1 ME/NH Border along Routes 302 and 113 Conway, NH Saco River
S2 Westons Beach along Route 113 Fryeburg, ME Saco River
S3 Fiddlehead Campground off Route 5 Fryeburg, ME Saco River
OCS4 off Route 5 Fryeburg, ME Old Course of Saco River
S5 Upriver of Brownfield Bog off Walkers Bridge Road Fryeburg, ME Saco River
S6 Downriver of Brownfield Bog off Route 160 Brownfield, ME Saco River
MPB22 Below Moose Pond off Route 160 Denmark, ME Saco River

Monitored on Wednesdays
O7 ME/NH Border off Huntress Bridge Road Freedom, NH Ossipee River
O8 Downriver of Kezar Falls Village off Powerhouse Road Parsonsfield, ME Ossipee River
OS9 Baldwin/Cornish Station Bridge along Routes 5 and 117 Cornish, ME Ossipee River
S10 off Route 11 Standish, ME Saco River
S23 Below Hiram Dam off River Road Hiram, ME Saco River
S24 Below Watchic Pond Dam off Hi-Vu Drive Standish, ME Saco River

Monitored on Thursdays
LO11 ME/NH Border off Whitehouse Road Wakefield, NH Balch Lake
LO12 Below Balch Lake Dam off Acton Ridge Road Newfield, ME Little Ossipee River
LO13 Below Shapleigh Pond off Main Street Shapleigh, ME Little Ossipee River
LO14 off Silver Lane Limerick, ME Little Ossipee Flowage
LO15 Below Lake Arrowhead off Route 117 Limington, ME Little Ossipee River
LO16 off Hardscrabble Road Limington, ME Little Ossipee River
LO25 Below Little Ossipee Pond off Chadbourne Ridge Road Waterboro, ME Little Ossipee River

Monitored on Fridays
S17 Bonny Eagle Island off Route 35 Standish, ME Saco River
S18 Near site of old Rogers Fibre Mill off Depot Street Buxton, ME Saco River
S19 Skelton Head Pond off Union Falls Road Dayton, ME Saco River
S20 off South Street Biddeford, ME Saco River
S21 Public Boat Launch off Front Street Saco, ME Saco River
SPB26 off South Street Bridge Biddeford, ME Swan Pond Brook
TB27 off Main Street Bridge Biddeford, ME Thatcher Brook

For a one page summary of the 2003 annual average reading taken at each site for all the seven parameters click here.
If there are any questions, or if you would like to volunteer, please feel free to contact the Saco River Corridor Commission at (207) 625-8123 or the Green Mountain Conservation Group at (603) 539-1859.

Your comments and suggestions are invaluable to our programs as they help us maintain our commitment
to the health and protection of the rivers we all depend on.
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This Section Last Updated June 15, 2004