Alewife Brook Water Quality Variance: Flaws and Solutions
In August 2024, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may issue a water quality variance for Alewife Brook to allow CSO sewage discharges to continue through 2029. Water quality variances for Alewife Brook have been issued for the last 25 years, since 1999. Discharge of sewage into […]