Hadley officials ponder new levee for flood-risk protection
A family takes a stroll on the Connecticut River levee in Hadley, March 8. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 5/3/2021 11:53:09 AM
HADLEY Before a decision is made to pursue construction of a 1.4-mile-long levee system on Bay Road to protect the town center against 100-year floods from the Connecticut River, engineering consultants anticipate giving town officials more information about the project and the condition of the existing flood control system.
As soon as annual Town Meeting later this month, residents could be asked to spend $150,000 so Woodard & Curran engineering consultants of Andover can evaluate options, engage the public and develop a plan and cost estimates for what could be a multimillion-dollar construction project, as well as expensive repairs to existing levees.
Water main replacement project set in Holyoke’s Highlands; should enhance firefighting capabilities
Updated May 04, 2021;
HOLYOKE – Residents in the Highlands can expect delays and detours in the coming months as a water main replacement project gets underway.
The Holyoke Water Works will replace aging pipes on Fairfield Avenue, Morgan, Pearl and Nonotuck Streets. Portions of Loomis Avenue and Pleasant, and Northampton Streets are affected by the project.
A Holyoke Gas and Electric crew will spend the next four weeks updating gas lines on Pearl and Morgan Streets. Homeowners can expect alerts from the Water Works and Gas and Electric as the project proceeds.
The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending April 23rd indicated that the amount of natural gas held in underground storage in the US rose by 15 billion cubic feet to 1,898 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 302 billion cubic feet, or 13.7% below the 2,200 billion cubic feet that were in storage on April 23rd of last year, and 40 billion cubic feet, or 2.1% below the five-year average of 1,938 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have been in storage as of the 23rd of April in recent years..the 15 billion cubic feet that were added to US natural gas storage this week was more than the average forecast of a 9 billion cubic foot addition from an S&P Global Platts survey of analysts, but measured well below the average addition of 67 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have typically been injected into natural gas storage during the same week over the past 5 years, as well as well below the 66 billion cubic feet added to natur
Voters at the Mashpee Water District annual meeting on Tuesday, April 27, unanimously approved $8.5 million for the installation of a PFAS filter system for two wells on Turner Road.
UMass Amherst team to supervise statewide search for PFAS contamination in drinking water
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Posted Apr 28, 2021
Water quality and PFAS levels are a problem dating back decades. A grant administered by a University of Massachusetts Amherst team will identify levels of chemical-based substances that could contaminate drinking supplies. (Garret Ellison | MLive)Garret Ellison | MLive
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AMHERST What’s in the water?
If there is too high a level of substances known as PFAS, the water isn’t safe to drink. A University of Massachusetts Amherst civil engineering team is supervising a study of the state’s public and private wells to find out.