SAVE LAKE WARAMAUG. VOTE TO BAN WAKE SURFING.

“Wake surfing has completely destroyed the sort of quiet enjoyment of the lake that I so fondly remembered from childhood . . . I cannot go for a swim or paddleboard in the middle of the day.”

“I was knocked off my board because a wave from a wake boat came up from behind. I generally stay close to the shore and the boat was in the middle of the lake.”

2024 Survey Responses

Wake surfing should be banned because it . . .

. . . endangers the safety of everyone else on the lake . . . churns up sediment up to 26 feet deep . . . erodes the shoreline . . . destroys underwater plants and fish habitats . . . risks the introduction of invasive plants and animals . . . stirs up toxic bacteria in deeper water . . . damages docks on the lake . . . contaminates lake with anti-freeze . . . disturbs and destroys natural shoreline nesting areas . . . degrades water quality . . . disrupts thermoclines . . . tosses moored and docked boats . . . endangers people sitting on floating docks . . . makes public beaches unsafe for young children . . .

THIS SUMMER, residents of Washington, Warren and Kent can join over 300 lakes across the country that have already banned wake surfing.