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No Discharge Areas in Massachusetts

There are currently 13 No Discharge Areas (NDAs) in Massachusetts:

  • The coastal waters of Revere, Saugus, Lynn, Nahant, and Swampscott, including the Pines and Saugus Rivers
  • All of Cape Cod Bay (PDF, 1 MB)
  • Boston Harbor - the coastal waters of Winthrop, Chelsea, Everett, Boston, Quincy, Milton, Weymouth, Braintree, Hingham, and Hull, including the Charles River in Watertown, Newton, and Cambridge
  • Salem Sound - the coastal waters of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Beverly, Danvers, Salem, and Marblehead
  • The coastal waters of Cohasett, Scituate, and Marshfield
  • The coastal waters of Plymouth, Kingston, and Duxbury
  • All of Buzzards Bay
  • Waquoit Bay in Falmouth
  • The coastal waters of Harwich
  • Three Bays/Centerville Harbor in Barnstable
  • Stage Harbor in Chatham
  • Wellfleet Harbor
  • The coastal waters of Nantucket from Muskeget Island to Great Point, including Nantucket Harbor
See 2009 No Discharge Areas (PDF, 1.9 MB) for a map of NDAs in Massachusetts and the following website for a map of NDA locations in New England.

 
 

 
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