Please Make a Call to Thank Our State Representatives!
Thank you all for getting the word out to your state senators about the sewage notification bill (H.4921)! We heard from so many offices...
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- Jul 31, 2020
- 6 min
Press Release: MA House passes sewage notification bill
MA House Passes Bill to Alert Residents of Sewage Overflows into Waterways (BOSTON) – The Massachusetts House of Representatives has...
- Jul 31, 2020
- 3 min
URGENT ACTION ALERT: Help move the sewage notification bill through the Senate!
We are delighted to share that last evening, under the leadership of bill lead sponsor Rep. Campbell and co-lead Rep. Provost, the...
- Jul 27, 2020
- 2 min
URGENT ACTION ALERT! Help us protect rivers and the public from sewage!
Please join us in calling your state representative today (7/27) or tomorrow morning (7/28) before 10 am to help pass the sewage...
- Jul 23, 2020
- 1 min
Congresswoman Lori Trahan Leads Push for Federal Funding to Help Rivers
We want to recognize Congresswoman Lori Trahan for her tremendous advocacy for water infrastructure funding in the latest U.S. House...
- May 12, 2020
- 4 min
Action Alert: Tell Your State Legislator to Oppose Mosquito Spraying Bill
Background: As you may recall from our recent action alert, Governor Baker recently filed a bill (H.4650, “An Act to Mitigate Arbovirus...
- Dec 19, 2019
- 3 min
144 Local Officials Sign Letter Supporting Bill to Provide Public Warnings During Sewage Spills
BOSTON – 144 elected and appointed municipal leaders from 61 communities today urged Massachusetts House leadership to move a bill...
- Apr 12, 2019
- 2 min
Action Alert: Tell the EPA to Withdraw Their Dangerous Proposal
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers are proposing to significantly narrow the scope of protections...
- Jul 27, 2018
- 2 min
Can you call your state representative today and ask them to protect public health?
When it rains, stormwater floods our state’s aging sewer systems. This mix of stormwater and wastewater can discharge into rivers and...
- Jul 2, 2018
- 1 min
Mass Rivers and nine watershed groups successfully move US EPA to protect water quality
Stormwater drain in East Cambridge.
- Nov 27, 2017
- 2 min
Can you make a call today to protect Massachusetts citizens from unsafe sewage in their rivers?
When it rains, stormwater floods our Commonwealth’s aging sewer systems. This mix of stormwater and wastewater can discharge into rivers...
- Oct 4, 2017
- 2 min
Make a call today to stop transfer of pollution control to state
Could harm water quality. The majority of the environmental community is strongly opposed to this bill because it will provide no...
- Sep 27, 2017
- 1 min
Mass Rivers Sues EPA Over Stormwater
Connecticut River Conservancy Ipswich River Watershed Association Jones River Watershed Association OARS – Organization for the Assabet,...
- Mar 15, 2017
- 1 min
- Jan 31, 2017
- 0 min
- Dec 3, 2015
- 2 min
Federal officials brief state legislators on storm water permit
Curt Spaulding and Thelma Murphy of EPA Region 1 Spaulding said that the new permit, which was issued in draft form in September (and...
- Oct 23, 2015
- 2 min
Stormwater financing workshops entertain, educate
Participants at Stormwater Financing Workshop in Taunton The Massachusetts Rivers Alliance recently teamed with Bay State Roads and...
- Sep 29, 2015
- 0 min
- Aug 12, 2015
- 1 min
Stormwater finance workshops in October
These three full-day workshop are scheduled for October 15 (Marlborough), October 20 (Hadley) and October 22 (Taunton), and will focus in...
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