Fact Sheets

River River Drops of rain on a leaf

Recreational Water Bodies On or Near the MMR
With Available Chemical Sampling Data

Water Body SAFE FOR
Swimming Wading Fish Consumption Boating
Bourne        
Cuff Pond2 yes yes no data yes
Long Pond1 yes yes no data yes
Picture Lake1 yes yes no data yes
Red Brook Pond1 yes yes no data yes
Red Brook Harbor4 yes yes no data yes
Squeteague Harbor4 yes yes no data yes
Falmouth        
Backus River (Bogs)4 yes yes no data yes
Coonamessett Pond3 yes yes no data yes
Coonamessett River (Bogs)4 yes yes no data yes
Crooked Pond2 yes yes no data yes
Deep Pond/Lily Pond2 yes yes no data yes
Flax Pond3 yes yes no data yes
Fresh Pond1 yes yes no data yes
Grews Pond2 yes no data yes
Jenkins Pond3 yes yes no data yes
Mares Pond2 yes yes no data yes
Round Pond2 yes yes no data yes
Pond 143 yes yes no data yes
Bourne Pond1 yes yes no data yes
Mashpee        
Mashpee-Wakeby Pond3 yes yes NO * yes
Ashumet Pond4 yes yes NO * yes
Johns Pond4 yes yes NO * yes
Moody Pond1 yes yes no data yes
Quashnet River (Bogs)4 yes yes no data yes
Sandwich        
Pimlico Pond1 yes yes no data yes
Triangle Pond1 yes yes no data yes
Peters Pond1 yes yes NO * yes
Weeks Pond1 yes yes no data yes
Snake Pond4 yes yes NO * yes

Notes:

1Recommendations based on data available for period 1997 through May 1999

2Recommendations based on data available for period June 1999 through May 2000 (historical data from 1997 through May 1999 are available for some water bodies)

3Recommendations based on data available for period June 2000 through May 2002 (historical data from 1997 through May 2000 are available for some water bodies)

4Recommendations based on data available for period June 2002 through May 2005 (historical data from 1997 through May 2002 are available for some water bodies)

*Mashpee-Wakeby Pond and Peters Pond: Children younger than 12 years, pregnant women, nursing mothers, and women of childbearing age who may become pregnant should not eat any smallmouth bass from this pond. The general public should limit consumption of smallmouth bass from this pond to two meals per month.

*Ashumet Pond: Children younger than 12 years, pregnant women, nursing mothers, and women of childbearing age who may become pregnant should not eat any largemouth bass from this pond. The general public should limit consumption of largemouth bass from this pond to two meals per month.

*Johns and Snake Ponds: Children younger than 12 years, pregnant women, nursing mothers, and women of childbearing age who may become pregnant should not eat any fish from these ponds. The general public should not eat any smallmouth bass from these ponds, and limit consumption of all other fish from these ponds to two meals per month.

Note: For further information on recreational waterbodies please see "Public Health Fish Consumption Advisory" at http://db.state.ma.us/dph/fishadvisory.

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