Document Category: Flooding
| Title | Summary | Categories | Link | hf:doc_categories |
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| Better Know a CSO | A Tour of the Alewife Brook Combined Sewer Outfalls From our CSOs 101 Course … | Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Climate Change, CSOs, EPA, Flooding | arlington belmont cambridge climate-change csos epa flooding | |
| Alewife Sewage Pollution Flooding | During heavy rainstorms, the Alewife Brook floods into the parks, yards, and houses of area residents in Environmental Justice Communities. The flood water contains hazardous sewage that is dumped into the Brook from the active Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) owned by Cambridge, Somerville, and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA). Climate change, with its wetter rainy seasons, more intense storms, and sea level rise, is expected to increase the severity and frequency of these events. MWRA’s sewer infrastructure is failing to meet capacity during many rains, causing hazardous sewage pollution discharges. In 2023, Alewife Brook flooded repeatedly, overtopping its banks and inundating the Greenway of Alewife Brook Reservation State Park with untreated Combined Sewer Overflow discharges of human and industrial waste. Area residents from Somerville, Cambridge, and Arlington unknowingly bicycled, jogged, and pushed baby strollers through untreated sewage flood water in their state park. The Alewife Greenway Path is a heavily used transportation and recreation corridor that runs through multiple Environmental Justice neighborhoods. The Alewife Greenway Path is on DCR land and it links Medford, Somerville, and Arlington pedestrians and cyclists to the Alewife Red Line T stop. | Arlington, Cambridge, Climate Change, CSOs, EPA, Flooding, MassDEP, MDC and DCR, MWRA, Somerville | arlington cambridge climate-change csos epa flooding dep mdc-and-dcr mwra somerville | |
| FUNDING REQUEST: Alewife Brook Hydraulic Study for Climate Resilience and Flood Mitigation | Alewife Brook Hydraulic Study for Climate Resilience and Flood Mitigation in Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, and … | Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Climate Change, Flooding, Somerville | arlington belmont cambridge climate-change flooding somerville | |
| Spy Pond Stormwater Capture Feasibility Study, 2020 | “The overall goal of this feasibility study is to estimate the potential benefits of operating … | Arlington, Flooding, Stormwater | arlington flooding stormwater | |
| EPA response to Draft Scope, sent to MWRA | This is the EPA’s May 11, 2022, guidance for MWRA, regarding their new CSO control … | CSOs, EPA, Flooding, Green Infrastructure, MDC and DCR, MWRA, Stormwater | csos epa flooding green-infrastructure mdc-and-dcr mwra stormwater | |
| EPA response to Draft Scope, sent to Cambridge | This is the EPA’s guidance for Cambridge, regarding their new CSO control plan “draft … | Cambridge, Climate Change, CSOs, EPA, Flooding, Green Infrastructure, MDC and DCR, Stormwater | cambridge climate-change csos epa flooding green-infrastructure mdc-and-dcr stormwater | |
| 1978 MAPC Boston Area Waste Treatment Management Plan | … | Arlington, Cambridge, CSOs, Flooding, Historical, Somerville, Stormwater | arlington cambridge csos flooding historical somerville stormwater | |
| March 2022 Letter to Regulators from StAB & Watershed Associations | March 11, 2022 Via email Regional Administrator David Cash Environmental Protection Agency, Region … | Climate Change, CSOs, EPA, Flooding, Green Infrastructure, MassDEP, MWRA | climate-change csos epa flooding green-infrastructure dep mwra | |
| MPC 1904 Report on Improvement of the Upper Mystic and Alewife by John R Freeman | 1904 Metropolitan Parks Commission Report on Alewife Improvements, including tidal gates and channelization of the … | Arlington, Cambridge, Flooding, Historical, Somerville | arlington cambridge flooding historical somerville | |
| Somerville’s 2017 Infrastructure Presentation | New projects described here include combined sewer separation, flood control are encouraging. Interesting data about … | Climate Change, CSOs, Flooding, Green Infrastructure, Historical, Somerville | climate-change csos flooding green-infrastructure historical somerville | |
| MDC 2003 Master Plan Map South | This is the Cambridge half of the MDC (rebranded DCR) 2003 Master Plan Map … | Arlington, Cambridge, Flooding, Green Infrastructure, MDC and DCR | arlington cambridge flooding green-infrastructure mdc-and-dcr | |
| Cambridge’s 1979 Alewife Development Plan, aka The Fishbook | This is Cambridge’s Alewife Development Planning document from 1979. The MBTA’s Alewife T stop was … | Cambridge, Flooding, Historical | cambridge flooding historical | |
| Cambridge’s 2019 Alewife District Plan | This is Cambridge’s 2019 Alewife Planning and Development document. It includes information about flooding, water … | Cambridge, Climate Change, CSOs, Flooding, Green Infrastructure | cambridge climate-change csos flooding green-infrastructure |