Geology and Geological History
Land Use and Zoning
Town of Brunswick
Town of West Bath
Town of Harpswell
City of Bath
Town of Phippsburg
Water Quality
Physical and Chemical Characteristics
Nutrients and Eutrophication
Control of growth by limiting factors: light and essential nutrients
Acceptable Nitrogen Levels
Existing data for the New Meadows River
Friends of Casco Bay (FOCB) Data
Temperature and salinity of the New Meadows River
Dissolved oxygen in the New Meadows River
Nutrients in the New Meadows River
Bowdoin data
Toxic metals and chemicals
Mussel test results
Lobster test results
Sediment test results
Biological
Bacterial contamination and the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP)
Shellfish growing area classification
Water sampling results
Remediation Efforts
NMRWP work
Upper New Meadows River watershed and shoreline survey
Work with small communities
Dingley Island causeway replacement
Pump-out facility
Town efforts
Casco Bay Estuary Project
Marine uses
Commercial Fishing
Soft-shell clams
State-wide production comparison
Aquaculture
Boating and recreational fishing
Conclusions and Recommendations
Figure 1. New Meadows River watershed
Figure 2. Population change in Brunswick, Harpswell, West Bath and Phippsburg over the period
1790-2000
Figure 3. Rate of population change in Brunswick, Harpswell, West Bath and Phippsburg over the
period 1950-2000, as percent change
Figure 4. Population change in Brunswick, Harpswell, West Bath and Phippsburg over the period
1950-2000
Figure 5. Composite land use map for the four New Meadows River shoreline towns
Figure 6. Land use map for the Town of Brunswick
Figure 7. Land use map for the Town of West Bath
Figure 8. Land use map for the Town of Harpswell
Figure 9. Land use map for the Town of Phippsburg
Figure 10. Relative eutrophication scale based on available nitrogen concentration
Figure 11. Friends of Casco Bay (FOCB) sampling station locations
Figure 12. Dissolved oxygen concentration at various depths within the deep hole in the Lower New Meadows Lake over time
Figure 13. Diurnal relationship between dissolved oxygen concentration and chlorophyll
station NM6
Figure 14. Diurnal fluctuations in D.O concentration and saturation at station NMM over a
12-day period
Figure 15. New Meadows River temperature and salinity profiles, September 6, 2001
Figure 16. New Meadows River temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen profiles, October 4, 2001
Figure 17. Department of Marine Resources National Shellfish Sanitation Program water quality
sampling stations on the New Meadows River
Figure 18. New Meadows River shellfish harvesting areas
Table 1. Population change in Brunswick, Harpswell, West Bath and Phippsburg over the period
1790-2000
Table 2. Rate of population change in Brunswick, Harpswell, West Bath and Phippsburg over the
period 1790-2000, as percent change
Table 3. Actual and relative population change in Brunswick, Harpswell, West Bath and Phippsburg
for each ten-year period 1950-2000
Table 4. Population Projection 2050
Table 5. Dissolved oxygen concentration and percent saturation at various depths within the deep hole
in the Lower New Meadows Lake
Table 6. Relative potential for biological effects for certain pollutants or contaminants in sediments
from the upper one-third for Casco Bay
Table 7. Portions NMR shellfish growing areas classified other than Approved
Table 8. Bacteriological analysis results for water samples taken at DMR sampling stations within
closed areas of the New Meadows River classified Prohibited
Table 9. Annual Municipal Shellfish Program Review for 2000
Table 10. New Meadows River Shellfish Flat Productivity
Table 11a. Maine Soft-shell clam landings (reported as pounds of shellstock)
Table 11b. Maine Soft-shell clam landings (reported as bushels @ 50 lbs./bu)
Table 12. Economic Value of estimated NMR area production for 2001
Table 13. Aquaculture leaseholds within the New Meadows River
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Appendix I Friends of Casco Bay 2001 New Meadows River water column profiling results A-1
Appendix II Dissolved oxygen concentration and percent saturation at various depths within the
deep hole in the Lower New Meadows Lake, July 98 through September 2000 A-2
Appendix III Friends of Casco Bay 24-hr. dissolved oxygen data collection at station NM6 at the
New Meadows Marina A-3
Appendix IV Friends of Casco Bay 12-day dissolved oxygen data collection at station NM6 at the
New Meadows Marina A-4
Appendix V Bowdoin College Lower New Meadows Lake deep hole water column profiling
results for September and October 2001 A-5
Appendix VI Casco Bay Estuary Project New Meadows River lobster and mussel toxic metals and
chemicals testing results A-6
Appendix VII Casco Bay Estuary Project New Meadows River sediment toxic metals and
chemicals testing results A-7
Appendix VIII DMR closed areas maps and most recent sampling stations water quality results A-8