New Waterfront Tax proposed HB 629-FN

Lakes Region Guy · 02-04-2025, 03:19 PM

With all the talk recently about the lake level and now the proposed lakefront dam repair charge. I googled the Lakeport dam. It's anywhere from 9-11 ft high, 200+ ft wide. the original dam was constructed back in the 1800's.
My question is if the dam was removed how much would Winnipesaukee drop?I'm guessing about 7ft.

John Mercier · 02-04-2025, 03:28 PM

DES has it at about 14 in the middle,
But at 9-11 ft, it would depend on the refill rate to the depth.
So 7 ft wouldn't be an unreasonable guess.

02-04-2025, 03:19 PM	#1
Lakes Region Guy Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 27 Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts	With all the talk recently about the lake level and now the proposed lakefront dam repair charge. I googled the Lakeport dam. It's anywhere from 9-11 ft high, 200+ ft wide. the original dam was constructed back in the 1800's. My question is if the dam was removed how much would Winnipesaukee drop?I'm guessing about 7ft.

02-04-2025, 03:28 PM	#2
John Mercier Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 3,983 Thanks: 3 Thanked 678 Times in 561 Posts	DES has it at about 14 in the middle, But at 9-11 ft, it would depend on the refill rate to the depth. So 7 ft wouldn't be an unreasonable guess.