REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS Issued by the Town of Derry for Hoods Pond Watershed-Based Management Plan and Lake Phosphorus Control Plan Development

Autumn view of pond with clouds reflecting on water

The Town of Derry is soliciting Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) from interested consulting firms to develop a watershed-based management plan and a Lake Phosphorus Control Plan for Hoods Pond in Derry, New Hampshire.  The watershed-based management plan shall meet the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) requirements for nine-element (a-i) watershed-based plans and a Lake Phosphorus Control Plan shall meet the requirements of Appendix F, Part III of USEPA’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) General Permit to mitigate phosphorus loading in the watershed of Hoods Pond in Derry, NH.  Hoods Pond has TMDL for phosphorus and is subject to a chloride TMDL and bacteria TMDL.  Hoods Pond has periodically experienced elevated bacteria resulting in closure of Hoods Park Beach.

Development of an EPA nine key element (‘a-I’) watershed-based management plan for Hoods Pond will assess the health of the waters in Hoods Pond, result in identification of sources of pollutants, and provide a roadmap for mitigation and protection efforts in the future.  The phosphorus control plan will address external and internal phosphorus loading to Hoods Pond and the subwatersheds though development of a management plan that identifies the sources and the necessary steps to reduce loading from each of the subwatersheds within the Town of Derry.   The development of a Watershed Management Plan and Lake Phosphorus Control Plan will develop a framework for going forward with an education and outreach component while helping the Town comply with MS4 requirements and identifying and addressing sources of impairments.

Hoods Pond (NHLAK700061203-03-01) is located in Derry, New Hampshire and is within the Merrimack River Basin (Figure 1).  Hoods Pond is a very shallow, unstratified 2.4-hectare (ha) natural lake that is dammed by the Hoods Pond Dam (Dam #063011).  It has a maximum depth of 1.8 meters (m) (6.0 ft) and a mean depth of 1.1 m (3.6 ft).  The lake volume is 25,691 cubic meters (m3) with a rapid flushing rate of approximately 368 times per year.  The watershed area is 1605 ha and is located mostly within the Town of Derry with a smaller portion in the Town of Londonderry. Hoods Pond Watershed has impairments and TMDLs for phosphorus, bacteria, and chloride in one or more of its lakes or tributaries watershed. As an MS4 permitted municipality, the Town of Derry is required to address impairments and develop a Lake Phosphorus Control Plan for Hoods Pond.

Please find the Request for Qualifications here: Hoods Pond RFQ.

Responses Due: March 15, 2023

Questions should be directed to Craig Durrett of the Town of Derry at: craigdurrett@derrynh.org

 

 

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