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Originally Posted by Mr. V
I wish they'd put sewer everywhere around the lake, not just in town. It would end the problem of leeching into the lake, for one thing.
Why hasn't it been done? Heaven knows the property tax is high enough.
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While Paugus Bay is getting a good "rinse" right now, your topic is a hot one at more distant Winnipesaukee coves, bays, and harbors.
For example, Wolfeboro's Winter Harbor never had an algae problem. (Algae being an indicator species of a lake's health). Now, long strands of algae form in early July.
For dilution purposes, the only "flush" for Winter Harbor's waters is to out to the Broads. Thomas Point is the only opening to the Broads and is too small considering the volume of leachate.
Evaporation from Winter Harbor's large surface may even draw water through there in the wrong direction!
With hundreds of new septic-only homes being added, two huge communal septic leach fields presently under construction, and the existing earthen sewage-containment dam in danger of a breach -- Wolfeboro has attracted the state's attention.
Five years ago! 
Previously, "The Plan" was to pipe all the Lake Region's sewage to the Franklin sewage treatment facility; so far, it's just been a "pipe
dream".
While thinking about pollution, one also might think about what this high lake level—and raised water
table—is doing in leaching those grandfathered outhouses.
