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Charles River Newsroom
- EPA Pilots Effort in 3 Massachusetts Communities to Reduce Stormwater Pollution that Impairs Charles River Water Quality - 4/7/10
- As Boaters and Cleanup Volunteers Converge on Charles River, Water Quality Conditions Improved EPA Grade from 2007 Monitoring: B++ - 4/25/08
- EPA Orders Massachusetts Town to Fix Harmful Sewage Overflows - 3/10/08
- EPA and Commonwealth Tackle Stormwater Pollution On Eve of the Head of the Charles - 10/19/07
- Kicks Off Major Effort to Improve Conditions of Mystic River Watershed - 4/17/07
- Annual Water Quality Check Up for Charles River: "B plus" and Better for Swimming - 4/17/07
- New Discharge Permit for Mirant Kendall Power Plant in Cambridge, Mass. Significantly Advances Protections for Charles River - 9/27/06
- Charles River Report Card: Continued Progress Cleaning ‘That Dirty Water’ - 4/21/2006
- Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to Implement Sharp Reductions in Sewage Contamination of Charles River - 3/16/06
- EPA Equipment for Communities Helps Advance Goals of World Water Monitoring Day - 10/18/05
- Clean Charles River Effort Celebrated For Ten Years of Environmental Progress - Water Quality Significantly Improved - 5/31/05
- EPA Orders Four Municipalities to Remove Illicit Discharges into the Charles River - 11/9/04
- "Love that Dirty Water" No Longer Applies to the Charles River; Crews in Head of the Charles Regatta Can Expect Cleaner Water - 10/24/04
- Public Hearing on Monday in Cambridge on Kendall Station Discharge Permit - 9/09/04
- EPA and DEP issue draft water discharge permit for Kendall power plant in Cambridge - 6/10/04
- NSTAR Agrees to $63,380 Settlement for Oil Spill Violations in Charles River - 5/28/04
- Charles River 'Report Card' Grade Drops to a "B-" -- Clean Up Efforts Continue; Outlying Communities Challenged to Match Boston and Cambridge’s Efforts - 4/21/04
- EPA Files Complaint Against NSTAR For Oil Spills From Transmission Pipes - 10/7/03
- EPA Announces $400,000 to Improve Water Quality in Charles River - 5/2/03
- EPA Announces $800,000 to Improve Fish Habitat and Water Quality in Narragansett Bay - 5/02/03
- EPA Selects Charles River Watershed Association for Innovative Water Trading Project - 2/13/03
- EPA Honors Watershed Group, Students and Citizen Activist for Charles River Work - 10/18/02
- EPA, CZM, CRWA, and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay Promote Clean Boating on the Charles River During the Fourth of July Celebration - 7/3/02
- Charles River Earns a "B" Grade for Water Quality; Stormwater Pollution & Individual Action Priorities for Future Improvement - 5/2/02
- EPA Announces New Initiatives Aimed at Restoring the Charles River - 10/18/01
- USGS Studies Show Extent of Sediment Contamination and Saltwater Impacts on Charles River - 4/30/01
- Charles River Earns Another "B" Grade, Cleanup Halfway to Swimmable Goal - 4/27/01
- MIT Commits to Three Environmental Projects and $150,000 Civil Penalty to Settle EPA Violations - 4/18/01
- USGS Studies Show Extent of Sediment Contamination and Saltwater Impacts on Charles River - 3/30/01
- EPA Gives Charles River a "B" and Announces Innovative "Curtain" at Magazine Beach - 4/14/00
- EPA Announces that Rowers will Compete in a Charles River Cleaner than in Decades - 10/20/99
- EPA Settles Clean Water Act Case with Medway-Based Pollution Control District; Agreement Benefits Charles River and Franklin Well Field - 8/13/99
- EPA Proposes $134,580 Penalty Against City of Watertown for Environmental Violations - 7/1/99
- EPA's Initiative to Make the Charles River Swimmable by 2005 Wins National Recognition - 6/4/99
- EPA Gives Charles River a B-Minus and Announces New Coalition of Private Institutions - 4/12/99
- EPA Proposes $75,000 Penalty for Wastewater Treatment Violations on Charles River - 4/1/99
- Good News for Charles River Rowers: The River is Getting Cleaner - 10/16/98
- EPA Report Card on Charles River Shows Water Quality Improvement - 4/23/98
- EPA Settlement with Genzyme Requires Water Quality Studies in Charles River - 10/1/98
- EPA Details Aggressive Pollution Prevention and Assistance Strategy for the Charles River - 3/2/98
- Boston University Agrees to Pay Fine and Undertake Projects to Settle Environmental Lawsuit - 10/8/97
- EPA Issues Annual Charles River Report Card - 7/15/97
- EPA Requires Milford to Locate and Cleanup Storm Water Pollution to the Charles River - 9/26/96
- Warning Issued on Bacteria Levels in Charles River in Milford, MA - 9/6/96
- A HEALTHY CHARLES RIVER CONTRIBUTES OVER $100 MILLION TO LOCAL ECONOMY - 7/10/96
- EPA Sets Clean up Goal for Charles River by Earth Day 2005 (PDF) (4 pp, 22K, about PDF) - 10/22/95
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