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Residents and environment groups press council for stronger Alewife CSO controls; council asks manager for analysis
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to pursue ambitious combined sewer overflow (CSO) controls for Alewife Brook and the Charles River watershed and to form a public commission. The council voted to request staff analysis of options, costs and benefits and to consider a CSO commission.
Dozens of residents, environmental groups and watershed associations urged the Cambridge City Council on Sept. 29 to seek more aggressive control of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) into Alewife Brook and the Charles River.
Speakers from Save the Alewife Brook, Green Cambridge, the Mystic River Watershed Association and the Charles River Watershed Association described ongoing discharges and pushed for options that would exceed minimum compliance. "The goal should not be the minimum level of compliance, but rather a process that builds towards a healthy community and a healthy ecosystem along the…
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