Deer Island Project
The Fall 1999 LSC 335: Environmental Impacts Class at Wheelock College researched Boston's new MWRA Deer Island Treatment Facility. The results of their investigations are presented here as an informative educational resource.
The investigations and the pages creations were completed by:
The investigations were conducted by specific categories (listed below).
Links:
The Boston Harbor Cleanup: The Deer Island Sewage Treatment Facility
Long Term Current and Sediment Transport Observations, USGS
Massachusetts Bay Circulation and Effluent Modeling, USGS
Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay (MWRA water quality)
MWRA (Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
Click on the categories below to learn more about the Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant and the possible effects the new outfall/diffusion system might have on Massachusetts Bay.
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