Word: watered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Quabbin system continues to be stressed further because of the lack of precipitation, the MDC would find it very difficult to provide water to the partially supplied communities to bail them out in case of an emergency," said Bhatti. Most of greater Boston draws on the Quabbin and Wachusett, MDC's reservoirs...
...state Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (DEQE) and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) declared a water emergency on February 16. Currently, the Quabbin reservoir is at 68 percent capacity, the lowest level in 15 years...
Several Cambridge officials have said they are concerned about the threat development in neighboring towns could pose to the city's water supply. Both reservoirs are located in other towns, and Cambridge has difficulty controlling development outside its jurisdiction...
...talk sponsored by Harvard-Radcliffe Young Democrats last night, State Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70 (D-Cambridge) said that one of the primary health hazards is the high level of sodium in city water, caused by the runoff of salt-filled drainage from neighboring highways. City water currently contains 43 milligrams of sodium per liter, more than double the state-set limit...
Barrett has proposed including Cambridge in the Watershed Protection Bill, which would set up a protected zone around water sources where development would be limited. Currently, the bill only protects MDC water...