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Objectives and Accomplishments
Interbasin Transfer Requests Reviewed By The Massachusetts Water Resources Commission

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Type of Review

Decision

Date
Brockton - Pine Brook/Howard Brook Reservoir Project Approval Denied June 1986
MWRA - Wellesley Ext Sewer Repair Approval Approved December 1988
MWRA- Sudbury Aqueduct Applicability Not Applicable February 1990
Brockton - Pine Brook Approval Denied September 1990
North Reading - Merrimack River Approval Approved January 1991
Metrowest (Sudbury) Tunnel Applicability Not Applicable July 1991
Wellesley Water Sharing (MWRA) Insignificance Found to be Insignificant August 1991
Natick - Elm Bank Wells Approval Approved May 1992
MWRA - New Neponset Valley Relief Sewer Approval Approved June 1992
Bedford - Entrance to the MWRA Approval Approved June 1992
Dedham-Westwood WD - Fowl Meadow Well Approval Approved July 1992
Southbridge DPW - Mass Turnpike Insignificance Found to be Insignificant July 1994
MWRA - Metrowest Tunnel Dewatering Insignificance Found to be Insignificant April 1995
MWRA - Framingham Ext Relief Sewer Applicability Not Applicable October 1995
MDC-Wastewater Facilities Plan Applicability Not Applicable August 1996
Canton Well #9 Approval Approved January 1998
Braintree-Weymouth Relief Facilities Approval Approved June 10, 1999
Stoughton Cedar Swamp Wellfield Approval Denied September 9, 1999
Hopkinton Purchase of Water From Ashland Insignificance Found to be Insignificant November 1999
Sithe Edgar Development LLC Applicability Not Applicable November 1999
Mansfield Morrison Well Approval Approved June 2000
Foxborough Witch Pond Wells Approval Approved September 2001
Holden Water Supply Applicability Not Applicable December 2001
Rockport Long Beach Sewer Project Insignificance Found to be Insignificant December 2001
Essex Sewer Project Insignificance Found to be Insignificant January 2002
Oxford Wastewater Connection to the Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Control District Insignificance Found to be Insignificant April 2002
Town of Stoughton, Admission to the MWRA Waterworks System Approval Approved May 2002
Sager-Perrone Sewering Project Insignificance Found to be insignificant September 2002
Town of Charlton Water Supply Connection to Aquarion Insignificance Does not meet Criteria for Insignificance December 2002
Weymouth Landing Sewer Project Approval Approved July 2002
MWRA Upper Neponset Sewer Relief Sewer Project Applicability Not Applicable May 2003
Aquaria Water LLC Desalinization Plant Approval of Compliance with the Environmental Criteria Complies with the Environmental Criteria August 2003
Modified Conditions February 2008
Town of Plainville Lake Mirimichi Wellfield Approval Approved March 2004
City of Brockton Application to Purchase Water from the Aquaria Desalinization Project Approval Approved March 2004
Shrewsbury Home Farm Well #2 Applicability Not Applicable September 2004
Cohasset Water Sale to the Erickson Linden Ponds Project Insignificance Found to be insignificant November 2004
Cummingsville Branch Replacement Sewer Approval Approved February 2005
Town of Reading Request for Admission to the MWRA
 Approval Approved June 2005
YMCA at Leggs Hill (North Shore)
 Applicability Not Applicable April 2006
North Attleboro Hillman Well
Approval Approved May 2006
Woodlands at Laurel Hil
Insignificance Found to be Insignificant August 2006
Avalon Bay Sharon Commenction to the MWRA Sewerage System
 Approval Approved May 2007
Town of Wilmington Request for Admission to MWRA
Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
 Approval Approved June 2007
Turners Falls - Hannegan Brook Well Applicability Not Applicable July 2007

Reading Application for Full Membership in the MWRA

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 Approval Approved July 2007
Aquaria Water LLC Desalinization Plant Approval of Compliance with the Environmental Criteria Complies with the Environmental Criteria August 2003
Modified Conditions February 2008
Foxborough Request to Join a Regional Sewer District
 Applicability Not Applicable March 2008
Pioneer Valley Energy Center
 Applicability Not Applicable September 2008
       
 
     
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