Wednesday, January 22nd at 6 pm
Meaningful improvement requires investment.
Four decades since the start of the Boston Harbor Court Case and dumping of millions of gallons of untreated sewage continues at Alewife Brook. But a new plan is being developed. It is exciting that we have the opportunity now to solve the problem.
We pay our sewer bills.
At this Wednesday’s Public Sewage Control Planning meeting, there will be talk about projects and affordability.
We support needed investment, even if that means an increase in our sewer bills.
Our strategy is simple.
- Login to the meeting on Wednesday night.
- Let them know that we pay our sewer bills and we support needed investment for solving the Alewife sewage problem.
Because of area flooding, we demand either
1. “Virtual Elimination,” meaning: no sewage discharges for up to a 25-year storm; or
2. Treatment for all Alewife sewage pollution.
Questions in the chat.
Please bring your own awesome questions to ask in the chat. Find a way to personalize your question. Try to relate your experience with the brook, the park, or the path. Or feel free to use any of these questions:
1.
Can you please use your brilliant and beautiful engineers and consultants to create a plan to put an end to Alewife Brook sewage pollution? We’d like to see Alewife Brook as clean and pretty as your dazzling smiles!
2.
Can you please study the health impacts of Alewife Brook’s untreated sewage pollution flooding on the affected neighborhoods?
3.
This is an Environmental Justice issue. Will you please create a plan to end untreated sewage flooding into Environmental Justice neighborhood parks, yards, and homes?
4.
Did you know that there is enormous public support for more Green Stormwater Infrastructure? Can we get more of it, including another stormwater wetland?
5.
Are you ready to become superheros? Oh, yeah? Well, then, deliver a plan that includes an engineered solution to achieve “virtual elimination,” which means no sewage discharges for up to a 25-year storm!
6.
Which is cheaper: CSO treatment for all Alewife Brook sewage discharges or an engineered solution to achieve a 25-year level of CSO control? We’ll be happy with either solution.
7.
Can you please fix the stink, immediately?
