It's a brisk and sunny day in early March at the Quabbin Reservoir, located about 65 miles west of downtown Boston, where protected woods surround the quite oasis of crystal clear water.
The 200 million gallons of drinking water that comes into homes each day in Boston and the surrounding area originates in the Quabbin Reservoir, which is about 530 feet above sea level, along with diverted water from the Wachusett Reservoir, at an elevation of 395 feet, and the Ware River. The water travels miles eastward by gravity until it pours out of the faucets in homes in the Boston metropolitan area.
SOMERVILLE – The $1.7 billion casino development in Everett has stalled, and leaders of the Wynn Resorts project blame Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, who is challenging a permit to clean up the contaminated 33-acre Mystic River waterfront site.
The $30 million remediation of the acreage which formerly held a Monsanto chemical plant, began in October. Wynn officials say that the project was progressing until the Somerville appealed the permit for the site work. The action blocked further work, the developers said in a statement on Tuesday.
