The Memphremagog Watershed Association recently completed a stormwater improvement project on Farrant and Lake Streets in Newport City. The improvements now collect and treat stormwater runoff from nearly 125 acres uphill of Prouty Bay and the Newport Marina. The project will prevent 1,000 pounds of sediment and 19.8 pounds of phosphorus from entering Lake Memphremagog each year.  

Vermont’s physical features affect its weather, its rivers and how humans have come to inhabit it.
When flooding hit Vermont this month, destruction spanned the length of the state, from Windham County up through Northeast Kingdom.

But the series of storms did not damage regions equally, with many mountain towns and riverside communities bearing the brunt of the impact.

The precipitation itself, as well as the flood-prone nature of many Vermont towns, can be explained by the state’s physical features, experts say. The Green Mountains along the state’s spine determined where Vermonters settled, where they worked and the weather they endured.