Alewife/Mystic Water Quality Alert

Alewife/Mystic CSO/Storm Water Run off Water Quality Alert

In accordance with the conditions of the Department of
Environmental Protection's (DEP) Alewife Brook/Upper Mystic River Variance, we hereby notify the public that a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) occurred at
CAM401B on November 23, 2013, and discharged into the Alewife Brook. The
Variance approved workplan requires the Cambridge Department of Public Works
(DPW) to notify local health agents, DEP, EPA and MRWA within 24 hours of when
a CSO event occurs.

Learn more about Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) on the MWRA website.