Memphremagog Watershed Association Strategic Plan
Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2023 Performance Report
Vermont’s waterways are important environmental and economic resources for residents and visitors. The State of Vermont funds clean water projects to protect, enhance, and restore water quality across the state. Clean water projects are regulatory or non-regulatory practices or protections that address water pollution, including excess nutrients and sediment. The Vermont Clean Water Initiative 2023 Performance Report, referred to hereafter as Report, summarizes efforts of state government, along with federal and local partners, to improve water quality across Vermont from state.
Estimated Total Phosphorus Load Reductions in Lake
Memphremagog Basin
Basin 17 Tactical Basin Planning Kickoff Meeting June 2022
Tactical Basin Plans (TBP) are strategic guidebooks for achieving watershed health. They identify surface waters that are in need of restoration and protection and outline a list of actions to achieve water quality goals. The plans also identify the partners and funding critical to implementing the actions.
BASIN 17- LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG, TOMIFOBIA AND COATICOOK TACTICAL BASIN PLAN
The Lake Memphremagog Tomifobia and Coaticook Tactical Basin Plan (TBP) provides an assessment of the health of the basin and defines on-going and future strategies to address high-priority surface water stressors
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation – Additional Reports
Lake Memphremagog
Lake & Tributary Water Quality Trends &
Aquatic Invasive Species Update
February 2022
Basin 17 Water Quality Monitoring and
Tactical Basin Planning Update
Quebec Vermont Steering Committee
meeting
May 2022
According to the Memphremagog Clean Water Service Provider in the Memphremagog Basin, the pollutant of concern is phosphorus. The projects that VHCB funds as the CWSP will reduce phosphorus loading in order to help reach clean water goals as laid out in the Memphremagog Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Load.
May 2020 The International Joint Commission (IJC) released its final report to the Governments of Canada and the United States in response to the October 2017 request regarding the persistent issues of nutrient loading and harmful algal blooms that adversely affect recreation, human health, and ecosystems on both sides of the border in the Missisquoi Bay of Lake Champlain as well as in Lake Memphremagog.