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1978 MAPC Boston Area Waste Treatment Management Plan
The Boston Harbor Cleanup by Paul F. Levy & Michael S. Connor, published in 1992
New England Journal of Public Policy Volume 8 | Issue 2 Article 7 9-23-1992 The Boston Harbor Cleanup Paul F. Levy Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michael S. Connor Massachusetts Resources Authority
Somerville’s 2017 Infrastructure Presentation
New projects described here include combined sewer separation, flood control are encouraging. Interesting data about how old Somerville’s sewer infrastructure is and how little work has been done to modernize it in the last hundred years.
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 Alewife to improve the mosquito / malaria problems. Remarkable documentation of regional community collaborative effort.
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 not yet constructed, but the design of it is included here. There is a section on flooding, but not on water quality.