More than 80 water supply managers, municipal staff, planning board and conservation commission members, federal/state agency personnel, and citizens gathered recently at Spring Hill Conference Center to learn about the water quality of the Salmon Falls River watershed and to hammer out solutions and plans to address problems facing the rapidly developing region. The "Working Beyond Borders to Protect Drinking Water in the Salmon Falls Watershed" workshop featured presentations, small work groups and interactive group polling.

List of participants at the October 27, 2010 workshop

The results of the workshop will be summarized in a report due out later this year and source water protection projects indentified in the workshop will be implemented in 2011. Topics of the workshop included identifying potential future water supplies in the watershed, land conservation strategies, sustaining partnerships to protect clean water, and challenges to protecting hometown water supplies.

To view individual presentations delivered at the workshop, please click on the presentation title:

Welcome! Beyond Borders: Salmon Falls Watershed Collaborative Introductory talk by Paul Susca, New Hampshire Source Water Protection Program, and Andy Tolman, Maine Drinking Water Program

Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance: Crossing Boundaries for Watershed Protection - Linda Schier and Forrest Bell, Acton Wakefield Watersheds Alliance

Municipal Tools for Water Resource Protection in the Salmon Falls Watershed: What Should Be Done and Who Can Help? - Derek Sowers, Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership

 Collaborating to Protect Groundwater Sources – John Leach, South Berwick Water District

Linking Land Use to Water Quality – LaMarr Clannon, Maine NEMO