Alewife Earth Day 2026
HUGE SUCCESS – our best Earth Day cleanup! In collaboration with Department of Conservation & Recreation, the Mystic River Watershed Association, and Green Cambridge. 213 volunteers removed 150 bags of trash, 2 car bumpers, a hub cap, & 2 abandoned campsites. All of which filled 4 full DCR truckloads & required the HAZMAT unit! Thank […]
Alewife CSOs made National News on Earth Day
David Stoff and Ann McDonald, activists, look out at the water in the Alewife Brook Reservation by a sewage outfall on Friday, March 13, 2026, in Cambridge, Mass. (Lucie McCormick/MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing via AP) Read the AP story here. Read the NBC story here. Washington Post here. Boston Herald here. U.S News […]
Funding the Plan to Eliminate Sewage Pollution
MWRA Was Created to Solve This Regional Problem & Using Its Funding Lowers the Total Cost The Origins of the MWRA In 1984, as a result of the Boston Harbor Cleanup Court Case, the Legislature created the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to tackle the region’s greatest environmental crisis – sewage pollution, sewer infrastructure failures, […]
Good news, bad news, and the community solution.
The good news is MONEY and community support. The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority voted in favor of a commitment of $340 million at Alewife Brook. That is a solid starting point for the early draft plan at Alewife Brook. We would not have received this financial commitment without community support, from folks like you. Thank […]
Public Sewage Planning Meeting #6
Thursday. January 15th at 6 PM via Zoom Late last year, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority floated its plans for sewage elimination in our rivers. But MassDEP rejected those plans in December, stating, “an approach that would result in a greater number of activations and/or volumes than occur at present would not appear to be […]
Join us in the 2025 HONK! Parade
SUNDAY OCTOBER 12, from 11 am to 1:30 pm March with us from Davis Square to Harvard Square Get a FREE t-shirt when you march with us in the parade!March to the beat of the Dirty Water Brass Band and Puppeteers Cooperative. RSVP here to March with Us in the Parade: Parade with us, along […]
Our Strategy for Public Sewage Planning Meeting #5
Tonight. September 25th at 6 PM via Zoom Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is expected to say that eliminating sewage pollution will not improve water quality. Nonsense. Our strategy is simple. Please use the chat feature during the meeting – if the presenters allow it. Raise your hand to speak during Q&A. * A 25-year level […]
You can help! Thursday Night.
Alewife Sewage Pollution Planning Meeting #5 Thursday, September 25th at 6 PM via Zoom Please. We are four years into planning. Please come to the meeting Thursday night at 6 pm to show your support. Ending Sewage Pollution at Alewife Brook means MWRA MUST PAY ITS FAIR SHARE! Although the Boston Harbor Cleanup Court Case […]