Far fewer untreated sewage discharges in Boston, Massachusetts during droughty summer
9/21/2022 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Essex County, MA
Newburyport, MA
Middlesex County, MA
Somerville, MA
Suffolk County, MA
Boston, MA
Start Date: 6/30/2022
- End Date: 9/19/2022
Boston and other Massachusetts towns have had far fewer untreated sewage discharges this summer amid drought than last summer when heavy rains were more frequent. Between the end of June 2022 and Sept. 19, there were just two discharges, compared to the summer of 2021 when the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority reported dozens of discharges amounting to millions of gallons of discharge.
Boston Herald (Mass.), Sept. 20, 2022
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