The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is warning the public about a potential health risk stemming from sewage overflow during Wednesday’s storm. A Boston Water and Sewer Outfall in the ...

The environmental impact of combined sewer overflows is well known, but research released last year confirms that they also pose a serious public health risk. A study by researchers at the Boston ...

A whopping 3-plus inches of rain slammed parts of the region on Wednesday, leading to sewage discharges, also known as combined sewer overflows ... happen on Wednesday? Boston Water and Sewer ...

A growing body of research indicates that aging pipes and wastewater systems, combined ... the largest sewer overflow events in communities along the Merrimack River in northern Massachusetts ...

LOWELL — A Boston University study found that a ... and other health issues due to pathogens in the water from combined sewer overflows. “In municipalities bordering a CSO-impacted river ...

LOWELL — Elected officials from communities up and down the Merrimack River in Massachusetts and ... about next steps in dealing with combined sewer overflows, and to embrace cooperation across ...

The appropriate forecast for the CSO overflow ML model should be selected based on stakeholder objectives and the desired ...

Emily Norton, of Charles River Watershed Association, and Patrick Herron, of Mystic River Watershed Association, speak to Boston Public Radio on July ... But when it rains really hard there can be ...

In response to combined system overflows ... to a 1987 court order, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority undertook nine sewer separation projects in the Boston area between 2000 and ...

(WWLP ) – The rainfall in western Massachusetts has led to a sewage ... Holyoke Mall free Tykes Tuesday Holyoke’s ten combined sewer overflow locations have discharged into the Connecticut ...

Older coastal cities, like Philadelphia, New York and Boston are at risk of being ... plants some portion of the flow still overflows into the natural water bodies through features known as combined ...