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Mass Audubon wins amended permit to reshape Pawtucket Farms pond, add ephemeral pool and resize detention basin
Summary
At its July 16 meeting the Lowell Conservation Commission approved an amended notice of intent from Mass Audubon to expand a pond, add an ephemeral pool and resize a stormwater detention basin at Pawtucket Farms after additional soil testing and a plan to address contaminated soil in a farmhouse basement.
At its July 16 meeting, the Lowell Conservation Commission voted unanimously to approve an amended notice of intent from the Massachusetts Audubon Society to alter stormwater and habitat features at Pawtucket Farms, 141–1415 Barnum Ave. Mass Audubon’s senior director of capital assets and planning, Elizabeth Stetson, told commissioners the amendment would expand the existing pond’s footprint, create an ephemeral pool and reduce the size of a previously proposed upslope rain garden while resizing the stormwater detention basin to reflect new site information. “We feel that groundwater runoff is also a significant, contributing factor to the pond overflowing,” Stetson said, describing new observations and additional soil testing performed since the…
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