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Government and community leaders from Boston and nearby South Shore cities argued last night over possible sites for a sewage dump in an open meeting sponsored by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA...
...MWRA must find a place for a sewage treatment plant because of a federal court order that told the state to clear up serious violations of the Clean Water Act, said Paul F. Levy, executive director of MWRA...
...show of regional loyalties, Quincy residents urged the MWRA to put the dump on Boston Harbor's Spectacle Island, while South Boston residents--who said they lived down-wind from that site--strongly criticized the proposal...
City Budget Director and member of the MWRA Robert Ciolek said the passage of the act represents a positive sign for Boston Taxpayers. "There are significantly more federal dollars here. Now we don't have to use as many rate payer dollars. It's important that we can ameliorate the impact of the clean-up on the rate payer," he said...
...Natale added that the MWRA will also construct a pipeline to take the purified sewage two to six miles out to sea. He said the agency will use other funds it receives to construct a system of piers that will transport the over 2,000 construction workers expected to join the clean-up out to the islands...