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Tuesday, June 3rd at 10:00 AM @ Newbury Town Hall:
A meeting of the Mount Sunapee Advisory Commission
Make your concerns and voices heard!
SEE SLIDE PRESENTATION (updated with solution) NCC Presentation
LSPA, The Newbury Conservation Commission (NCC) and FOMS remain extremely concerned about the water quality impacts of the outdated and poorly functioning wastewater treatment system in use at the Mount Sunapee Resort since 1972. The system stores effluent from septic tanks in a series of unlined lagoons. It uses a spray irrigation system to spray effluent into three vegetated fields, but some of the spray goes into natural wetlands. Because the lagoons are unlined, they leak an unknown amount of effluent into groundwater and into Beck Brook, which flows into Lake Sunapee at the State Beach. It is the oldest version of this type of system currently in use in New Hampshire.
Correspondences Regarding Mount Sunapee Parking Lot Expansion and Wastewater Treatment Lagoons
March 7, 2025 Letter from DES Commissioner Robert Scott to DNCR Commissioner Sarah Stewart
September 25, 2024 Letter from Chief Dam Safety Engineer Steve Doyon to Mt. Sunapee Resort
News Coverage Regarding the Parking Lot Project
Mt. Sunapee Resort Delays New Parking Lot Project – Christina Dolan, Valley News
State Mulls Impacts of Planned Parking Lot and Nearby Waste Lagoons at Mount Sunapee – Paula Tracy, InDepthNH.org
Groups Raise Concern About Open Wastewater Lagoons at Sunapee Resort – David Brooks, Concord Monitor