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Lake Quality Impacts:
Residential

•High levels of impervious surfaces
•Pollutants from household chemicals and neglected septic systems
•8.1% of watershed land area in 2003

•Up from 2.3% in 1965


	Due to manicured lawns and impervious driveways and rooftops, residential land exhibits a high rate of runoff. Runoff from residential land can be harmful to the lake quality, if it is relatively close to the shoreline, or along a stream that flows into the lake. Also of are household and chemical and septic drainage from this land type.
	In 1965, residential land accounted for 2.3% of the total land cover in the watershed. By 2003 this area increased 8.1%% of the total watershed land cover. The increase in residential property in China and Vassalboro is a trend that will likely continue into the future because of economic growth in both Augusta and Waterville.