The bacteria was found in 9 out of 12 sampling sites in the water system on Tuesday, and in a sample of untreated water from the Elm Bank source, which is treated before use, officials said.
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Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law on Tuesday a bill that will require cities and towns to send, at minimum, email or text alerts to residents if sewage or industrial waste has been or is being discharged into local harbors, rivers and coastal waters.
The Massachusetts River Alliance, a Cambridge-based nonprofit, called it an excellent step toward protecting public health and water quality.
“Massachusetts residents have a right to know if there is sewage in their rivers, especially this year when we’ve turned to nature for safe recreation and peace of mind,” said Julia Blatt, executive director of the alliance, in a press release.
Petition for electric compressor station motor rejected
WEYMOUTH The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection denied a citizens group petition to have an electric powered turbine at a compressor station in the Fore River Basin.
DEP presiding officer Jane Rothchild said federal regulations don t support a wholesale replacement of the gas turbine by Algonquin Gas Transmission, the Enbridge subsidiary that runs the compressor station.
“A preponderance of the evidence demonstrates that a combustion turbine is a different design than an electric motor drive,” said the ruling on Tuesday. “The equipment in a combustion turbine is different than the equipment in an electric motor drive, and an electric motor drive cannot run on natural gas.”