Lake & Watershed Clean-up April 25th

Let’s do it! Community members are invited to roll up their sleeves and help care for one of the area’s natural treasures later this month. The Manchaug Pond Foundation will host its annual spring cleanup of Manchaug Pond and its watershed on Saturday, April 25, 2026 from 9 a.m. to Noon welcoming volunteers to assist in clearing litter and other potential threats to water quality from Manchaug Pond and surrounding areas. Participants will meet at the state public access boat ramp on Torrey Road in Sutton before heading out to clean roadsides, shoreline areas, and other parts of the watershed. Volunteers are not required to stay for the full three hours and can contribute as their schedules allow. Those in boats are especially encouraged to take part, helping to reach coves and harder-to access areas of the pond. All necessary supplies including gloves, safety vests, grabbers, and trash bags will be provided.  In case of inclement weather, the event will move to Sunday, April 26, with updates posted on the foundation’s website and social media pages. The clean up effort supports ongoing work to protect water quality at the 380 acre lake, which spans both Douglas and Sutton.  The organization …

Water Quality Monitoring – Cyanobacteria (HABs)

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ON-LAKE: Cyanobacteria, Phycoyanin & More Absent or present? Non-detectable or is a bloom imminent?  For latest results,  click here. As part of WORCESTER CYANOBACTERIA MONITORING COLLABORATIVE (WCMC) The Worcester Cyanobacteria Monitoring Collaborative (WCMC) is a group of trained volunteer community scientists that tracks cyanobacteria activity at our local lakes and ponds. May through October, volunteers from Manchaug Pond Foundation and Stevens Pond collect samples twice a month, bring to the WCMC lab for analysis, and even do some analysis themselves at the Saturday drop by examining under the microscope. For more information visit our Water Quality Monitoring webpage. Interested in volunteering to sample for Manchaug Pond or to serve as an alternate? Contact us!

Water Quality Monitoring – Cyanobacteria (HABs)

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ON-LAKE: Cyanobacteria, Phycoyanin & More Absent or present? Non-detectable or is a bloom imminent?  For latest results,  click here. As part of WORCESTER CYANOBACTERIA MONITORING COLLABORATIVE (WCMC) The Worcester Cyanobacteria Monitoring Collaborative (WCMC) is a group of trained volunteer community scientists that tracks cyanobacteria activity at our local lakes and ponds. May through October, volunteers from Manchaug Pond Foundation and Stevens Pond collect samples twice a month, bring to the WCMC lab for analysis, and even do some analysis themselves at the Saturday drop by examining under the microscope. For more information visit our Water Quality Monitoring webpage. Interested in volunteering to sample for Manchaug Pond or to serve as an alternate? Contact us!

Water Quality Monitoring – Cyanobacteria (HABs)

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ON-LAKE: Cyanobacteria, Phycoyanin & More Absent or present? Non-detectable or is a bloom imminent?  For latest results,  click here. As part of WORCESTER CYANOBACTERIA MONITORING COLLABORATIVE (WCMC) The Worcester Cyanobacteria Monitoring Collaborative (WCMC) is a group of trained volunteer community scientists that tracks cyanobacteria activity at our local lakes and ponds. May through October, volunteers from Manchaug Pond Foundation and Stevens Pond collect samples twice a month, bring to the WCMC lab for analysis, and even do some analysis themselves at the Saturday drop by examining under the microscope. For more information visit our Water Quality Monitoring webpage. Interested in volunteering to sample for Manchaug Pond or to serve as an alternate? Contact us!

Water Quality Monitoring – Cyanobacteria (HABs)

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ON-LAKE: Cyanobacteria, Phycoyanin & More Absent or present? Non-detectable or is a bloom imminent?  For latest results,  click here. As part of WORCESTER CYANOBACTERIA MONITORING COLLABORATIVE (WCMC) The Worcester Cyanobacteria Monitoring Collaborative (WCMC) is a group of trained volunteer community scientists that tracks cyanobacteria activity at our local lakes and ponds. May through October, volunteers from Manchaug Pond Foundation and Stevens Pond collect samples twice a month, bring to the WCMC lab for analysis, and even do some analysis themselves at the Saturday drop by examining under the microscope. For more information visit our Water Quality Monitoring webpage. Interested in volunteering to sample for Manchaug Pond or to serve as an alternate? Contact us!

Water Quality Monitoring – Blackstone River Coalition

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UPSTREAM, INLET & OUTLET: Nutrients, Oxygen & More As part of the BLACKSTONE RIVER COALITION (BRC) The Blackstone River Coalition watershed-wide monitoring program tests monthly in three locations in the Manchaug Pond watershed from April through November as part of a watershed-wide Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Blackstone River system. Manchaug Pond is part of the headwaters of the Mumford River which is a tributary of the Blackstone River watershed. The 75+ sampling sites are assessed for the following: aesthetics: water appearance presence/non-presence of odor, trash, and nuisance aquatic vegetation turbidity water temperature air temperature dissolved oxygen saturation dissolved oxygen nutrients orthophosphate nitrate conductivity Go to Blackstone River Coalition’s website for sampling results on their interactive map of sites up and down the river and its tributaries, and other initiatives as part of the campaign to make the Blackstone River Fishable/Swimmable.  The years of data provide a baseline and allow for long-term trends for the river system as well as analysis of sites and hotspots noting weather and stormwater events. Consider volunteering an hour or 2 once a month during the season as a water quality monitor or alternate for Manchaug Pond!  Contact us today.

Water Quality Monitoring – Blackstone River Coalition

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UPSTREAM, INLET & OUTLET: Nutrients, Oxygen & More As part of the BLACKSTONE RIVER COALITION (BRC) The Blackstone River Coalition watershed-wide monitoring program tests monthly in three locations in the Manchaug Pond watershed from April through November as part of a watershed-wide Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Blackstone River system. Manchaug Pond is part of the headwaters of the Mumford River which is a tributary of the Blackstone River watershed. The 75+ sampling sites are assessed for the following: aesthetics: water appearance presence/non-presence of odor, trash, and nuisance aquatic vegetation turbidity water temperature air temperature dissolved oxygen saturation dissolved oxygen nutrients orthophosphate nitrate conductivity Go to Blackstone River Coalition’s website for sampling results on their interactive map of sites up and down the river and its tributaries, and other initiatives as part of the campaign to make the Blackstone River Fishable/Swimmable.  The years of data provide a baseline and allow for long-term trends for the river system as well as analysis of sites and hotspots noting weather and stormwater events. Consider volunteering an hour or 2 once a month during the season as a water quality monitor or alternate for Manchaug Pond!  Contact us today.

Water Quality Monitoring – Blackstone River Coalition

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UPSTREAM, INLET & OUTLET: Nutrients, Oxygen & More As part of the BLACKSTONE RIVER COALITION (BRC) The Blackstone River Coalition watershed-wide monitoring program tests monthly in three locations in the Manchaug Pond watershed from April through November as part of a watershed-wide Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Blackstone River system. Manchaug Pond is part of the headwaters of the Mumford River which is a tributary of the Blackstone River watershed. The 75+ sampling sites are assessed for the following: aesthetics: water appearance presence/non-presence of odor, trash, and nuisance aquatic vegetation turbidity water temperature air temperature dissolved oxygen saturation dissolved oxygen nutrients orthophosphate nitrate conductivity Go to Blackstone River Coalition’s website for sampling results on their interactive map of sites up and down the river and its tributaries, and other initiatives as part of the campaign to make the Blackstone River Fishable/Swimmable.  The years of data provide a baseline and allow for long-term trends for the river system as well as analysis of sites and hotspots noting weather and stormwater events. Consider volunteering an hour or 2 once a month during the season as a water quality monitor or alternate for Manchaug Pond!  Contact us today.

Water Quality Monitoring – Blackstone River Coalition

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UPSTREAM, INLET & OUTLET: Nutrients, Oxygen & More As part of the BLACKSTONE RIVER COALITION (BRC) The Blackstone River Coalition watershed-wide monitoring program tests monthly in three locations in the Manchaug Pond watershed from April through November as part of a watershed-wide Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Blackstone River system. Manchaug Pond is part of the headwaters of the Mumford River which is a tributary of the Blackstone River watershed. The 75+ sampling sites are assessed for the following: aesthetics: water appearance presence/non-presence of odor, trash, and nuisance aquatic vegetation turbidity water temperature air temperature dissolved oxygen saturation dissolved oxygen nutrients orthophosphate nitrate conductivity Go to Blackstone River Coalition’s website for sampling results on their interactive map of sites up and down the river and its tributaries, and other initiatives as part of the campaign to make the Blackstone River Fishable/Swimmable.  The years of data provide a baseline and allow for long-term trends for the river system as well as analysis of sites and hotspots noting weather and stormwater events. Consider volunteering an hour or 2 once a month during the season as a water quality monitor or alternate for Manchaug Pond!  Contact us today.

Water Quality Monitoring – Blackstone River Coalition

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UPSTREAM, INLET & OUTLET: Nutrients, Oxygen & More As part of the BLACKSTONE RIVER COALITION (BRC) The Blackstone River Coalition watershed-wide monitoring program tests monthly in three locations in the Manchaug Pond watershed from April through November as part of a watershed-wide Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Blackstone River system. Manchaug Pond is part of the headwaters of the Mumford River which is a tributary of the Blackstone River watershed. The 75+ sampling sites are assessed for the following: aesthetics: water appearance presence/non-presence of odor, trash, and nuisance aquatic vegetation turbidity water temperature air temperature dissolved oxygen saturation dissolved oxygen nutrients orthophosphate nitrate conductivity Go to Blackstone River Coalition’s website for sampling results on their interactive map of sites up and down the river and its tributaries, and other initiatives as part of the campaign to make the Blackstone River Fishable/Swimmable.  The years of data provide a baseline and allow for long-term trends for the river system as well as analysis of sites and hotspots noting weather and stormwater events. Consider volunteering an hour or 2 once a month during the season as a water quality monitor or alternate for Manchaug Pond!  Contact us today.

Water Quality Monitoring – Blackstone River Coalition

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UPSTREAM, INLET & OUTLET: Nutrients, Oxygen & More As part of the BLACKSTONE RIVER COALITION (BRC) The Blackstone River Coalition watershed-wide monitoring program tests monthly in three locations in the Manchaug Pond watershed from April through November as part of a watershed-wide Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Blackstone River system. Manchaug Pond is part of the headwaters of the Mumford River which is a tributary of the Blackstone River watershed. The 75+ sampling sites are assessed for the following: aesthetics: water appearance presence/non-presence of odor, trash, and nuisance aquatic vegetation turbidity water temperature air temperature dissolved oxygen saturation dissolved oxygen nutrients orthophosphate nitrate conductivity Go to Blackstone River Coalition’s website for sampling results on their interactive map of sites up and down the river and its tributaries, and other initiatives as part of the campaign to make the Blackstone River Fishable/Swimmable.  The years of data provide a baseline and allow for long-term trends for the river system as well as analysis of sites and hotspots noting weather and stormwater events. Consider volunteering an hour or 2 once a month during the season as a water quality monitor or alternate for Manchaug Pond!  Contact us today.

Water Quality Monitoring – Blackstone River Coalition

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UPSTREAM, INLET & OUTLET: Nutrients, Oxygen & More As part of the BLACKSTONE RIVER COALITION (BRC) The Blackstone River Coalition watershed-wide monitoring program tests monthly in three locations in the Manchaug Pond watershed from April through November as part of a watershed-wide Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Blackstone River system. Manchaug Pond is part of the headwaters of the Mumford River which is a tributary of the Blackstone River watershed. The 75+ sampling sites are assessed for the following: aesthetics: water appearance presence/non-presence of odor, trash, and nuisance aquatic vegetation turbidity water temperature air temperature dissolved oxygen saturation dissolved oxygen nutrients orthophosphate nitrate conductivity Go to Blackstone River Coalition’s website for sampling results on their interactive map of sites up and down the river and its tributaries, and other initiatives as part of the campaign to make the Blackstone River Fishable/Swimmable.  The years of data provide a baseline and allow for long-term trends for the river system as well as analysis of sites and hotspots noting weather and stormwater events. Consider volunteering an hour or 2 once a month during the season as a water quality monitor or alternate for Manchaug Pond!  Contact us today.