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- FairPLAN joins town in withdrawing action on Mill River lead cleanup (8/6/13)
A citizens' group is joining the town in withdrawing its intervention over the application filed by Exide Group Inc. with state environmental officials to dredge 27,600 cubic yards of lead-contaminated sediment from the Mill River.
- EPA official tours water projects in Durham (7/31/13)
DURHAM — The Environmental Protection Agency’s Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Nancy Stoner was in town on Wednesday to learn about some of the approaches Durham and the University of New Hampshire are using to address wastewater and storm water issues
- In Narragansett Bay, tide is turning against stormwater pollution (7/30/13)
Bristol -- Parks and recreation director Walter Burke beams as he zips around Bristol Town Beach in a golf cart and points out the slew of improvements undertaken in the past two years to prevent polluted stormwater from reaching Narragansett Bay.
- Uxbridge to appeal EPA wastewater permit (7/23/13)
UXBRIDGE - Selectmen Monday night endorsed town officials' plans to appeal the stringent permit received earlier this year from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to discharge wastewater from its treatment plant on River Road into the Blackstone River.
- Junk mail, lead tests trouble waters in Manchester-by-the-Sea (8/5/13)
In one of Massachusetts' wealthiest communities, the streets may not be paved with gold, but some faucets do run with elevated levels of lead. Town officials acknowledge that, but say a Massachusetts water filter maker is trying to capitalize with scare tactics in a direct mailing to residents.
- Activists call on Searsport chemical company to clean up shoreline (7/31/13)
SEARSPORT — A group of concerned environmental activists took a tour Tuesday afternoon through a piece of Maine’s industrial past — the Penobscot Bay shoreline near a factory that has been producing chemicals for almost 100 years.
- Keeping local waters clear (7/26/13)
ACTON – Through programs such as their Youth Conservation Corps and collaborative workshops with other area organizations, the Acton-Wakefield Watershed Alliance keeps finding ways to get local residents involved and interested in keeping their water free of contaminants and invasive plant species.