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Water Treatment Plant Tour

Location

Walter J. Sullivan Water Treatment Facility
250 Fresh Pond Pkwy.
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Neighborhoods

  • Cambridge Highlands
  • Mid-Cambridge
  • Neighborhood Nine
  • North Cambridge
  • Strawberry Hill
  • West Cambridge
  • City Wide

Description

Calendar event imageFind out how water that falls as rain in the suburbs 10 miles west of Cambridge is transported to Fresh Pond, and then tested, treated, and delivered to the City’s residents and businesses! 


Learn about the plant’s state-of-the-art technology that keeps our community’s tap water clean. You’ll have the chance to speak with water treatment staff, see the equipment in action, and check out our water quality lab.

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