Busy This Spring With Stormwater
Our staff has been extremely busy this spring with exciting stormwater projects in nine different communities.
New Project Transcends Boundaries
Innovative regional project aims to restore natural streamflows in the Charles and Neponset River.
Water Pollution Hot Spots: Fall Update
We've resolved six hot spots in total and hope to resolve more before our first season is over.
Hotspot Update: 8/3/2016
The Hotspot program is already showing signs of success.
Invasive Annual Grass Debuts in Neponset Watershed
Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), a low patch-forming grass from East Asia, has made its first local appearance. It is now common along Mill Brook, a wooded stream in Westwood that flows southerly into Willett Pond.
Two New Rain Gardens in the ‘Shed!
Rain gardens help protect our water ways from harmful pollution found in runoff - including bacteria, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment.
Soaking up the Rain in the Watershed
There are many simple ways to prevent stormwater runoff from polluting our local waterways.
NepRWA Comments on EPA Stormwater Permit
NepRWA Advocacy Director submits formal comments to the EPA on what could be the most important new government effort to reduce water pollution in decades.
Road Widening Project Affects River
MassDOT is working on a new project in the Neponset River Watershed as part of their overall widening of the I-95 and I-93 highway interchange.
Partnership with Xaverian Brothers High School
Environmental Science Students Plan to Build a Rain Garden At the end of January, Sarah Bounty headed to Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood to speak to a senior Environmental Science class about stormwater pollution. Students learned a lot and had some fun getting hands on experience with NepRWA’s new Enviroscape watershed model. The class […]
Westwood Soak up the Rain Campaign
Local volunteers make a difference in Westwood's water quality with simple projects to Soak up the Rain.
Westwood’s Purgatory Brook Hit With Sewer Overflow
Last Thursday afternoon, a section of one of Westwood’s main sewer lines along Clapboardtree Street, just north of Washington Street, collapsed. The line carries sewage to the Mass Water Resources Authority trunk line. The resulting blockage caused sewage to back up in the system and ultimately to overflow into nearby Purgatory Brook. The Westwood Department […]