Specifications include, but are not limited to: Task 1: Project Management & Administration – Kick off the Lake Winnipesaukee Comprehensive Protection Initiative. Consultant in collaboration with LWA will hold 3 kick-off meetings with stakeholders and the general public for Center Harbor Bay, the Broads, and Alton Bay watershed-based plans. LWA will publicize the meetings, invite stakeholders to join in the planning process, and introduce the selected consultant. The consultant will provide project progress updates to LWA at their request. Task 2: Preparation of Site-Specific Project Plan (SSPP) Consultant will prepare a draft SSPP for all of the data analysis, modeling and assessment aspects of the project. LWA will provide the draft SSPP to USEPA for review and comment. Consultant and LWA will address draft SSPP comments and submit final SSPP to USEPA for review and approval. Task 3: Water Quality Data Review and determination of Assimilative Capacity for Total Phosphorus and Chlorophyll-a. The consultant will gather existing water quality data for Center Harbor Bay, the Broads, and Alton Bay and summarize it according to the latest version of the NHDES Consolidated Assessment and Listing Methodology (CALM) and compare it to trophic state criteria. The consultant will determine if it is of acceptable quality for use in analysis of assimilative capacity as per the approved SSPP. The consultant will determine the historical and current median TP, chlorophyll-a, water clarity levels for the deep-water sites in each subwatershed.
