09/23/2024
Community Forum for Spruce Creek Watershed Management Plan Update
Residents’ Input Sought to Improve Water Quality
Date: September 30th, 2024
Time: 5:00-6:30pm
Location: Kittery Community Center, 120 Rogers Rd, Kittery, ME 03904
The Town of Kittery is inviting residents to a community forum focused on updating the Spruce Creek Watershed-Based Management Plan (WBMP). This event is designed to gather crucial feedback from the local community on action items aimed at improving water quality in Spruce Creek, with a particular focus on addressing the issue of nitrogen pollution and its contribution to harmful macroalgae blooms.
Spruce Creek is a vital resource for Kittery, but ongoing water quality issues including high bacteria levels and macroalgae blooms linked to nitrogen pollution threaten its health. In response, Kittery, with assistance from FB Environmental (FBE), is updating the Spruce Creek WBMP to address sources of nitrogen pollution through strategies such as new town ordinances and regulations, stormwater BMPs, vegetative buffer improvements, septic system inspections, sewer system maintenance, and community outreach. The forum will offer residents an opportunity to provide feedback and help shape the action plan to restore Spruce Creek.
How you can help:
Help identify key areas of concern regarding nitrogen pollution and macroalgae blooms.
Provide feedback on proposed solutions and strategies to restore water quality.
Contribute to the development of long-term action items that will be implemented to protect and preserve Spruce Creek.
Anyone who recreates, lives, works, or otherwise interacts with the Spruce Creek watershed is encouraged to attend.
For more information about the event, please contact Jessa Kellogg at [email protected] or Luke Frankel at [email protected].
Funding for this project, in part, was provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Section 604b of the Clean Water Act. The funding is administered by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection in partnership with EPA. EPA does not endorse any commercial products or services mentioned.
