Administrator: Community Center beach stayed within E. coli limits; lake level reported at 9.48

Sep 3, 2026

Conservation Administrator Josh Philibert reported that the Community Center beach had single-digit E. coli readings this season (closure threshold in the 200s) and that the lake level was 9.48; he also summarized DEP guidance on active Orders of Conditions and a procedural note on Birch Hill adjudications.

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Conservation Administrator Josh Philibert told the Commission on Sept. 3 that Community Center beach E. coli levels remained in the single digits for the season — well below the typical threshold for closure in the 200s — and that the lake level was 9.48. Philibert noted anecdotal links between lower rainfall years and fewer bacterial exceedances.

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