Council reviews water-sampling plan and standards as testing begins
Staff told the council they planned representative streamflow sampling to assess water conditions, noted that state standards lack a consistent secondary-contact benchmark, and said three samples would be taken with results due the next day to guide whether to contact state agencies.
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Town staff outlined a plan to collect representative water samples from the stream—avoiding low, high or muddy water—and said three samples had been submitted with results expected the following day. Staff emphasized the need to pick a consistent testing yardstick and noted variability among other states' secondary-contact standards.
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