Between April and September, there were 1,943 sewage overflows in Massachusetts — nearly triple the amount that occurred during the same period in 2022. And as rainfall intensifies due to climate change, these overflows are likely to happen more often.
This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox,You may not usually associate the two with each other. But together, they’re causing a bit of a stink in Massachusetts,Most sewer systems keep wastewater and stormwater runoff separate. However, older systems used to send the two down the same combined pipes, which is mostly fine — except when it rains hard.
Which ones overflow the most? Here’s where Fall River residents may want to stop reading. Miriam reports that one CSO in Fall River overflowed 76 times into the Taunton River this summer — the most of any in the state. Two other Fall River CSOs located nearby also overflowed over 50 times. In Boston, a CSO by East Boston’s LoPresti Park and one in Fort Point Channel were tied for the most overflows ..
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