Mayor and City Manager Celebrate the Completion of the Alewife Sewer Separation

As of this week, the court ordered Alewife Sewer Separation is complete and stormwater from the Huron and Concord neighborhoods is going to the Alewife Brook via the Alewife Stormwater Wetland. There will no longer be combined sewer overflows from the neighborhood to the Alewife Brook.

On December 21, 2015, the Mayor, David P. Maher, and the City Manager, Richard C. Rossi, joined city staff, MWRA staff, contractors (Barletta, Inc. and P. Gioioso & Sons, Inc.), and the design and construction management consultants (Kleinfelder, MWH, and Chester Engineering), as the final piece of the weir wall was removed in the underground structure in the Fresh Pond Rotary; allowing stormwater to flow to the Alewife Wetland. 

This officially marks the completion of the Alewife Sewer Separation. There is much construction remaining in the area, but this is a moment to celebrate.

Stormwater from the entire Huron and Concord neighborhoods will now be going to the Alewife Stormwater Wetland to be treated before going into the Alewife Brook. There will be a reduction in the combined sewer overflows to the Alewife Brook by 85%; improving the water quality of the Alewife Brook, the Mystic River and the Boston Harbor.

City staff appreciate the support and patience of all of the residents affected by construction and all of the hard work of the contractors and consultants committed to the completion of this project.