Search

Water Construction Permits Conditions for Approval

Contact Fred Centanni at the Cambridge Water Department

Additional water fountains and bottle refill stations will help residents stay hydrated and reduce waste from plastic bottles! One of the new fountains will be designed to reflect Cambridge, like the artistic water fountain at Fresh Pond.

Cycle to the Source is a 32-mile bike tour of the Cambridge Watershed. It is a chance to explore where your water comes from, how it is collected, and what steps are taken to ensure the city has clean drinking water.

The playground at the Graham & Parks School will undergo repair and maintenance work.

Cambridge Water Department: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

The City's contractor, National Water Main, is performing "cured-in-place" pipelining around the City. this process provides a new, jointless sewer pipe connection that minimizes root and water infiltration problems, improves flow and provides for a more structurally sound pipe without the need for excavation.

Cambridge has regulations that require buildings to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, be fossil fuel free, be energy efficient, improve resiliency, and prepare for the impacts of climate change.

Additional watershed land use, zoning, and water quality maps hosted on the City's Watershed Homepage

This report presents the 2019 results from CWD's Algae Monitoring Program, part of an on-going study to assess source water quality in Cambridge reservoirs.