A nonprofit advocacy group in Massachusetts has released its annual water quality report card for beaches in the Greater Boston area.

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay released its monitoring data from the 2020 beach season on Sunday for the metropolitan beaches from Nahant Beach to Nantasket Beach in Hull.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/greater-boston-beaches-water-quality-report-card-2020-save-the-harbor-save-the-bay/36922921#

https://www.lowellsun.com/2021/07/01/rep-lori-trahan-gets-billions-for-sewage-overflows-added-to-infrastructure-bill/

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/06/27/wellfleet-town-meeting-approves-municipal-budget-new-emts/5354048001/

A plan to build a $213 million regional wastewater treatment facility in Dennis was already on the ropes when Dennis and Harwich decided not to place an article ratifying the agreement on their town meeting warrants this year.

But Harwich may have delivered the knockout blow last week when Town Administrator Joseph Powers told the Dennis, Harwich, Yarmouth Clean Waters Community Partnership meeting that his town was pulling out of the deal.  There seemed to be some dispute about whether Harwich was officially leaving since selectmen in that town hadn’t actually taken a vote to approve a change in policy.

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/06/26/harwich-pulls-out-regional-wastewater-deal-dennis-and-yarmouth/5348766001/?utm_source=capecodtimes-Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_term=hero&utm_content=MASSACHUSETTS-HYANNIS-NLETTER65

https://www.dotnews.com/2021/sea-levels-rise-city-may-find-stormwater-has-nowhere-go

Cost of remedial measures is expected to be in excess of $100 millionThe U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New England regional office has entered into a consent decree with the City of Quincy, Mass. to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act regarding the City's stormwater and sanitary sewer systems. Water sampling indicated untreated sanitary sewage discharging from numerous Quincy stormwater outfalls, including outfalls discharging at beach areas.

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/06/19/conservation-law-foundation-goes-after-septic-systems-latest-lawsuit/7744287002/

https://www.eagletribune.com/news/merrimack_valley/trahan-calls-for-investments-to-stop-sewage-overflows/article_438935e8-a68d-53c9-87ba-b6f06a69365c.html

UCANE’s members want to offer a big thank you to Massachusetts State Senator Joanne Comerford and eight of her colleagues for their strong leadership on making the investments in water and sewer infrastructure that our communities, our health, and our environment demand. Senator Comerford, the lead sponsor, and her cosponsors, Senators Julian Cyr, Jamie Eldridge, Paul Feeney, Adam Hinds, Mike Moore, Susan Moran, Patrick O'Connor, and Walter Timilty, led the effort during the Senate’s recent budget debate to protect funding for one of the key sources of funding for local water, sewer, and wastewater infrastructure projects. Please click here to learn more, and thank you, Senators, for your vision and leadership!