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Boating in the Charles River may become a little safer if the town of Milford obeys an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) order to cut off pipes that illegally connect sewers and storm drains...
According to the terms of the EPA ultimatum, the problem must be fixed by November 1997, or Milford, which is thirty minutes by car from Cambridge, will be forced to pay heavy fines...
...EPA is trying to make the Charles River fishable and swimmable by the year...
...wasted. Not only does the turbine re-spin the flywheel, but so does braking, which in today's cars produces energy that is lost. The same goes for fuel. With a catalytic "combustor" on the turbine that burns gas more efficiently, the power train will produce what is, by EPA standards, "zero emissions." According to the Rosens, the turbo-flywheel combination will at least double the gas mileage of the car in which it is used, produce a satisfying sound not unlike that of a Lear Jet (albeit far quieter), and push a Mercedes-Benz from...
...sewage is just one of many problems the EPA has encountered as it tries to make the Charles swimmable and fishable. An oil spill earlier this year spread more than half a mile over the Charles River. Boston University assumed full responsibility for the oil spill, which was estimated at under 1,000 gallons by the EPA...