What's new at Mass Rivers?

When it rains, stormwater floods our state’s aging sewer systems. This mix of stormwater and wastewater can discharge into rivers and...

Amendment #174 Awareness of Sewage Pollution in Public Waters (filed by Senator Jehlen) Amendment #198 CSO Monitoring and Notification...

Stormwater drain in East Cambridge.

Honorable Anne Gobi (D-Spencer), Chair of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (617-722-1540) Honorable...

Could harm water quality. The majority of the environmental community is strongly opposed to this bill because it will provide no...

When it rains, stormwater floods our Commonwealth’s aging sewer systems. This mix of stormwater and wastewater can discharge into rivers...

Senator Anne Gobi (D-Spencer), Chair of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (617-722-1540)...

Could harm water quality. The majority of the environmental community is strongly opposed to this bill because it will provide no...

Connecticut River Conservancy Ipswich River Watershed Association Jones River Watershed Association OARS – Organization for the Assabet,...

In 2015, the Obama administration finalized the Clean Water Rule, which included commonsense protections for streams and wetlands across...

Photograph by Rob Houghton – All Rights Reserved © – www.robhoughtonphotography.com

Dawn mist on Sudbury River. Photograph by Rob Houghton – All Rights Reserved © – www.robhoughtonphotography.com The Massachusetts Rivers...

Improving our state’s drought response, to protect wildlife by keeping more water in our rivers Reducing water pollution by strengthening...

Ipswich River Watershed Association Board of Directors stand in the river.

The Ipswich River, in Ipswich, below a dam. Photo courtesy of Environmental League of Massachusetts (July 31, 2016).

Curt Spaulding and Thelma Murphy of EPA Region 1 Spaulding said that the new permit, which was issued in draft form in September (and...