Click here to view text of Mass bill No. 852, “An Act to Protect Groundwater Levels” as originally submitted.
Click here to read CGET comment letter delivered at Joint Committee Public Hearing
Voice your support for this legislation to the sponsoring legislators:
Rep.MichaelMoran@hou.state.ma.us; Rep.MartyWalz@hou.state.ma.us and Rep.ByronRushing@hou.state.ma.us
The Citywide Groundwater Emergency Taskforce was formed
as a citizens group in 2002 to draw attention to the severe
groundwater problems initially understood to be confined primarily
to the Boston landfill neighborhoods of:
| • Back Bay |
• Bay Village |
• Chinatown |
| • Fenway |
• South End |
• Beacon Hill Flats |
Increased monitoring of groundwater levels now shows the problem
of groundwater insufficiency and instability extends beyond
these boundaries, and may include:
| • Leather District |
• Fort Point Channel |
• Faneuil Hall Area |
| • Waterfront |
• Bullfinch Triangle |
• Charlestown |
| • North End |
• East Boston |
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Citywide GET has formed a coalition of neighborhood and civic
associations across the city to work closely with city and
state agencies, authorities and elected officials to address
this urgent problem. Citywide GET endorses a three-part
program of monitor, repair, and prevention for effective, long-term
groundwater management.
For a fuller understanding of how low groundwater can cause
wooden pilings to rot and building foundations to fail in landfill
neighborhoods, click on “The
Problem”. |
Click here to join Citywide GETs mailing list. Put "Join" in the subject line.