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Cambridge Water Department (CWD) staff will host a 32-mile bike tour of the Cambridge Watershed, guided by Urban AdvenTours on Saturday, September 30, from 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The City of Cambridge has announced that the Water Department will resume using the city-owned water supply on November 19, 2022. Newly installed filter media at the Cambridge Water Department has reduced PFAS6 levels.
The City of Cambridge will temporarily begin sourcing its water from the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA) starting Tuesday, August 30, 2022. The Cambridge Water Department anticipates that the MWRA will exclusively supply all of Cambridge’s public water through the end of the year.
The Cambridge Water Board is a five-member board appointed by the City Manager that acts in an advisory role to the Managing Director of the Cambridge Water Department. Members typically assist in developing, modifying, and approving policy related to Water Department owned land and land use.
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(Waitlist only) Annual bike tour of the Cambridge Watershed. CWD staff and UrbanAdventours guide residents through the drinking water supply, stopping at critical locations, such as reservoir dams.
A public tour of the Walter J. Sullivan Water Treatment and Purification Facility, the headquarters of the Cambridge Water Department on the shore of the City's active drinking water supply: Fresh Pond Reservoir.
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