Lake Massapoag Advisory Committee

INTRODUCTION

For the latest information on Lake Massapoag:

• Click on the tabs at left for the latest Update, Year to Date and historical data on lake level, water quality, invasive weeds, and more.
• Sign up for emails on the Town’s subscribe page, enter your email, and check "Lake Management Advisory Committee" in the categories you want (and Board of Health’s Urgent Alert Update for beach status).
• Visit our website, www.lakemassapoag.net, follow Town of Sharon Facebook page, and Sharon Recreation Department Facebook page.
• Contact us at lakecom@townofsharon.org. Join our virtual Lake Information Walk on YouTube, visit the LMAC table at events, and ask LMAC to speak on how to protect the health and sustainability of Lake Massapoag.

BACKGROUND

With a CPC grant received in FY23 and an increased annual budget, the Lake Massapoag Advisory Committee (LMAC) initiated comprehensive lake and inflow nutrient testing, complementing the Board of Health's E. coli testing at beaches and inflows. It is launching educational efforts on the importance of limiting excess nutrients that promote algal blooms, and limiting bacterial sources from older septic systems that result in beach closings, during heavy rains and runoff. 

Sharon Town Meeting passed Article 15 in May 2022, updating the membership and charge of the Lake Massapoag Advisory Committee, formerly called the Lake Management Study Committee (created by Town Meeting Article 47 in 1969). LMAC has seven voting members: two appointees from the Select Board, Conservation Commission, and Planning Board, and one from the Recreation Advisory Committee.

The Town's Conservation Administrator manages the lake water level at the flume house to maintain a healthy flow in the lake and downstream following the Conservation Commission's “Procedures and Schedules for Controlling the Water Level in Lake Massapoag, Amended April 2000.”