Cancellation of Water Alerts for Souhegan River

Date: September 07, 2022

Mean daily streamflow on the designated Souhegan River measured at the USGS gage 01094000 at Merrimack, NH has risen above 26 cubic feet per second (cfs) and mean daily streamflow on the designated Souhegan River measured at the USGS gage 01093852 (Site WLR-1) near Milford, NH has risen above 16 cfs and is expected to remain so for at least two days. These conditions will terminate the Water Use Alerts that were in effect. Please continue to review your Water Use Plan for details specific to your facility and continue to monitor the USGS gages 01094000 at Merrimack, NH and 01093852 (Site WLR-1) near Milford, NH for the status of protected instream flow conditions.

Thanks to all the affected water users who complied with their Water Use Plans during the past couple of months.

Contact: 

Joseph Schmidl, PG, CWS, DSDS Instream Flow Specialist
Instream Flow Program, Watershed Management Bureau
Water Division, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
P.O. Box 95
Concord, NH  03302-0095
Phone: (603) 271-3280
Email: Joseph.Schmidl@des.nh.gov