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Notice Alert: CSO Activation in Alewife Brook

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Combined Sewer Overflow to the Alewife Brook 

In accordance with the conditions of the Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Alewife Brook/Upper Mystic River Variance we are hereby notifying you that a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) occurred at CAM002 on January 10, 2016 and discharged into the Alewife Brook. The Variance approved workplan requires the Cambridge Department of Public Works (DPW) to notify local health agents, DEP, EPA and MRWA within 24 hours of when a CSO event occurs. It was determined that CAM002 was the most active outfall and would be the most suitable indicator of CSO activity along the Alewife Brook. This notification does not reflect the absence of any activation at other sites. Rather, the notice is intended to be confirmation to users of the resource that untreated sewage discharges to the Brook/River have occurred.      Read full report.

Page was last modified on 7/25/2023 3:36 AM
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