EPA New England Regional Laboratory (Office of Environmental Measurement and Evaluation)
Lakes
The New England Regional Laboratory plays a major role in monitoring and assessing the region’s lakes, ponds, and reservoirs.
- Learn about our National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) and special lakes projects
- EPA Lakes Programs
Reporting & Assessment Tools
- Keys and calculators
- Introduction to the Massachusetts Water Quality Report Card
- Download an Excel Tool to Assist in Creating a Report Card (XLS, 4 MB)
- Questions and Answers about the Massachusetts Report Card
- Launch the NELP ESRI Flex Tool to View 2007 Lake Survey Data
- Launch University of New Hampshire's Image Based Zooplankton Key

- View the Vermont Lake Water Quality Score Card

- Launch the EPA Atlantic Ecology Division's Northeastern Lakes Visualization & Assessment Tool
- EPA Nitrogen and Phosphorous Pollution Data Access tool
Lake Assessment Reports
- EPA Reports on Lakes
- EPA National Lakes Survey Report and Data page
Contacts
EPA general contact/web page:
Hilary Snook (snook.hilary@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
11 Technology Drive
North Chelmsford, MA 01863
Phone: 617-918-8670
Technical excel spreadsheet tool:
John Kiddon (kiddon.john@epa.gov)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory
Atlantic Ecology Division
27 Tarzwell Drive
Narragansett, RI 02882
Report Card Application Development
Warren Kimball (Warren.Kimball@state.ma.us)
Watershed Program Manager
Mass DEP, Central Regional Office
627 Main Street
Worcester Ma.01608
Tel. 508-767-2879
Fax 505-849-4035
Current Use of the Report Card in Water Monitoring Applications
Lilian Busse, Ph.D. (LBusse@waterboards.ca.gov)
Staff Environmental Scientist
San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
Phone: 858-736-7332
