The photo above, taken at the South Middleton Dam shows the low flow in the mid to upper river, with little water flowing over the dam. (Photo taken 7/22/2020) On June 23rd this year, the flow of the Ipswich river dropped below the flow recorded on that same date in 2016 which turned out to […]
We’re happy to announce that our boats are again available for members to use. We have developed new procedures for Riverbend boat use, in accordance with the Governor’s phase I re-opening recreational boat use guidelines and will be updating the guidelines along with the next phase of state re-opening. Paddling on the Ipswich River is
Our first Paddle-a-thon in 2016 seems like ages away, but as your Executive Director I am still watching over the river with the other Ipswich River staff, and can’t wait for the day we can all be out on the river together again. Thank you to everyone who attended the Riverside Update on Tuesday, April
The Ipswich River Watershed Association seeks candidates for a full time Environmental
Planner (EP) to join our team. The EP reports directly to the Executive Director and is primarily
responsible for developing and leading implementation of our various water conservation,
coastal resiliency and habitat restoration plans and actions with municipalities and partners.
With development pressure increasing across the watershed and the safe yield for withdrawing water from the river already exceeded, where will the water come from to serve all this new growth?
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As a result of the increasing pace of development and the new cap set by the state on water withdrawals from the Ipswich River, the Ipswich River Watershed Association adopted a Net Zero Water Use policy in January. The policy asks cities and towns to offset every gallon required by new development projects by reducing
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A recently released study by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) estimated that millions of gallons of unaccounted for water per day are being used in the Ipswich River watershed in the summer that are exempt from any regulation and that this category of use is growing. These withdrawals consist mostly of private withdrawals
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