Dive summary:
- The city of Boston is expected to go to bid by spring with at least one of three experimental green designs to handle stormwater runoff and help avoid penalties for overflows that have plagued the city's combined sewer system.
- The EPA imposed a $235,000 fine on the Boston Water and Sewer Commission when they signed a consent decree in August, and the city also agreed to work on green infrastructure projects.
- CH2M Hill has been the city's consultant, and the first of the green designs, this one by Howard/Stein-Hudson Associates, will use three types of infiltration trenches to abate runoff and will include monitoring wells to check quality as well as quantity.
From the article:
The Boston Water and Sewer Commission received a $235,000 federal fine in August for Clean Water Act violations in discharging sewage- and stormwater-related pollutants into Boston Harbor. ...
