This Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 24, from 6 a.m. to 12 p.m., we are holding an Open House at the New Preston Fire Station. Feel free to bring anything that you put in the lake to the fire station for hot water decontamination. This could include kayaks, canoes, sailboats, paddle boards, rowing shells, any car-top craft, boat motors, etc. Or if you would just like to stop in to see the new decontamination trailers in action, all are welcome.

Read more here: https://www.lakewaramaug.org/blog-1/open-house-at-new-decon-station

A new urgent focus of LWC is a non-native invasive aquatic plant that, if allowed to take hold in the lake, will destroy it. There is a "red-alert" warning going out to Connecticut lake communities to be on the lookout for hydrilla, commonly known as the "world's worst aquatic invasive plant". 

Learn more about Hydrilla and what LWC is doing about it: https://www.lakewaramaug.org/hydrilla

The Lake Waramaug Conservancy, the Lake Waramaug Authority, and the Towns of Washington, Warren, and Kent today announced the launch of the Lake Waramaug Watercraft Inspection and Decontamination (WID) Program, opening Saturday, April 18, 2026. The program pairs watercraft inspection at the Washington Town Boat Ramp with a mobile hot-water decontamination unit based at the New Preston Fire Station. Together, these efforts make Lake Waramaug the first lake in Connecticut to implement an integrated aquatic invasive species (AIS) prevention program—protecting its clean, swimmable, and fishable waters from hydrilla, zebra mussels, and other harmful invaders.

To Learn more, visit https://www.lakewaramaug.org/decon