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Birch Road Well Restoration

Water Disputes in Massachusetts – H. David Gold

by Gordon on February 25, 2010 · 0 comments

in Birch Road Well Restoration

David Gold of WilmerHale has written an article for the January issue of the Water Resources Committee Newsletter at the American Bar Association that goes into some detail on the Framingham efforts to reopen the Birch Road Wells.
It also gives a useful perspective of the legal context for Wayland and Natick which both get their water [...]

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Well project uncertain – Natick, MA – Natick Bulletin and Tab

October 31, 2009

Well project uncertain – Natick, MA – Natick Bulletin and Tab.
Well project uncertain
By Dan McDonald/Daily News staff
Sat Oct 31, 2009, 05:37 PM EDT
FRAMINGHAM – The town must answer critical questions on an environmental impact report before the state will give it the go-ahead for the Birch Road wells project, a state official said Friday.
To grab [...]

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State Environmental chief demands more info on Framingham water project -The Green Blog – A Boston Globe blog on living Green in Boston

October 30, 2009

Posted by Boston Globe Business Team October 30, 2009 06:20 PM
By Beth Daley
Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs secretary Ian Bowles today required far more information and study from Framingham before they can go forward with a plan to reactivate old drinking water wells – and questioned the overall wisdom of the project.
Lake Cochituate in Natick, [...]

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Federal and state agencies slam Framingham water project -The Green Blog – A Boston Globe blog on living Green in Boston

October 27, 2009

Posted by Boston Globe Business Team October 27, 2009 05:51 AM
By Beth Daley
GLOBE STAFF
In August, I wrote a story about how Framingham was racing to secure federal stimulus money for a public works project that environmentalists said could significantly harm the Sudbury River and a popular lake.
Now, if letters pouring in from federal and state [...]

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Pour cold water on Framingham plan – The Boston Globe

September 1, 2009

Editorial
September 1, 2009
On the face of it, Framingham’s proposal to use federal stimulus money to develop new wells and a treatment facility for drinking water looks sensible enough. After all, there is a crying need for new infrastructure in this country, and much of Uncle Sam’s $780 billion in stimulus money is supposed to go [...]

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Many are opposed to tapping into Framingham wells – Framingham, MA – The MetroWest Daily News

August 28, 2009

MetroWest Daily News
Posted Aug 28, 2009 @ 12:00 AM
Last update Aug 28, 2009 @ 12:03 PM
FRAMINGHAM —
The town has met resistance in its push to launch a $40 million water treatment project that could tap into the prolific Birch Road Wells aquifer, supply at least half the town with water, and save millions of dollars.
The [...]

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Nestle bottles, sells filtered Framingham tap water

November 11, 2008

By Dan McDonald/Daily News staff
The MetroWest Daily News
Posted Nov 11, 2008 @ 12:02 AM
FRAMINGHAM —
The Framingham Technology Park off Rte. 9 does not evoke the idyllic and tranquil images often associated with ads promoting bottled drinking water.
Yet a 105 Pennsylvania Ave. plant, nestled in the shadow of Bose Mountain, is such a fountainhead for one [...]

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