2022 Annual CWMN Water Quality Report
Our Annual Water Quality Presentation highlights the key findings of 2022, including the impacts of the drought and future solutions.
Our Annual Water Quality Presentation highlights the key findings of 2022, including the impacts of the drought and future solutions.
December 2022 Despite lingering Covid restrictions, 2022 turned out to be an amazing year for the Neponset River thanks to our volunteers, donors, staff, board, and partners. Scroll down for a few highlights. Climate Adaptation Assembled a coalition of 12 communities from Quincy and Boston all the way to Foxborough to explore opportunities to implement […]
NepRWA's water quality reports are used to assess the Neponset River's health and locate pollution sources.
The 2021 annual water quality results are in! Watch the video below or read the report to get the latest update on the Neponset River, streams, and ponds.
Read the latest Water Quality Results from the Neponset River Watershed CWMN Program.
NepRWA's water quality program allows us to identify and fix problems in the waterways of the Neponset River Watershed.
Lack of rainfall leads to reduced stormwater pollution and low water levels.
Overall, it's a mixed outlook for the Neponset River, with outstanding dissolved oxygen, mediocre total phosphorus, and worsening E. coli levels.
January 2, 2020 As we look forward to an exciting year ahead, it’s also worth taking a moment to reflect on the achievements of 2019, made possible by the generous support of members and volunteers like you! Education & Outreach Presented water conservation and stormwater programs to over 2,500 fifth graders and high school students […]
The Neponset River makes a comeback with better E. coli, Phosphorus, and Dissolved Oxygen levels in September.
Our August water quality results show the harmful effect that polluted stormwater runoff has on the river.
April 2018 — Here at NepRWA, spring ushers in the beginning of our Citizen Water Monitoring Network (CWMN). The sampling season will officially start on May 10th, marking the 23rd consecutive year of this very successful citizen based water quality monitoring program. Volunteer training sessions will be held in our office–2173 Washington St., Canton— from […]
Thanks to you - House Bill 2777 was NOT approved by the Joint Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture!
To everyone waiting anxiously for the results of the 2017 CWMN season - the wait is (sort of) over!
NepRWA needs your help with a new study of fishing and fish consumption in the Neponset River Watershed.
Our staff has been extremely busy this spring with exciting stormwater projects in nine different communities.
In 2012, US EPA inspectors found oil leaking into the Neponset River from the Saint Gobain-owned CertainTeed roofing plant (formerly Bird and Son) in Norwood.
Impacts of the drought include unusually high bacteria levels and dangerously low dissolved oxygen levels.
The majority of our CWMN volunteers managed to get samples for August, despite drought-induced low water levels throughout the Watershed.
This month, bacteria levels were higher than usual, despite the extremely dry weather and low water levels.