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The DPW, which regularly monitors pollution in the city's storm drains, discovered an unusually high fecal coliform count in a drain near the intersection of JFK and Eliot Streets several weeks ago, according to Ralph Dunphy, Cambridge's commissioner of Public Works.
While Dunphy said he could not confirm which area restaurants were the source of the waste, a news release from the EPA reported that the DPW has asked each of the restaurants to stop the dumping.
Dunphy said the DPW and the Cambridge Inspectional Services Department have tried to make restaurants aware of the hazards of releasing their waste before it is treated. The discovery that restaurants were releasing waste into the storm drains was unexpected, he said.
Amy R. Miller, a spokesperson for the EPA, praised the Cambridge DPW for spotting the pollution source. Cleaning up the Eliot Street storm drain will not make a significant difference in the Charles' cleanliness, she said, but more discoveries of such sources will.
"This is the kind of action that a city can take to make a difference in pollution that runs into the Charles," she said.