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| 7/10 |
The Advisory Board has provided comments on the following topics
during the month of July 2010:
Variance; Ambient
Monitoring and SSO Regulations.
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| 4/10 |
Advisory Board staff made a
presentation at the Advisory Board's April 15, 2010 meeting on the
Advisory Board's Integrated Comments and Recommendations on the Authority's Proposed FY11 CIP and CEB; Additionally, MWRA Executive Director Fred Laskey provided an update on
MWRA Storm Operations/Impacts from the March 2010 storms and MWRA Treasurer Tom Durkin provided an overview on
MWRA's Reserves and Debt Portfolio.
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| 2/10 |
The MWRA Advisory Board released its 23rd Annual
Water and Sewer Retail Rate Survey this week, reporting an average 5.3% increase in combined retail water and sewer bills in 2009 for customers in the MWRA service area. |
| 12/09 |
Advisory Board staff made a
presentation to the MWRA Board of Directors, highlighting one pathway towards achieving a $0 rate revenue. |
| 11/09 |
At the November meeting, Advisory Board staff made a
presentation on achieving a level-funded rate revenue requirement for the MWRA’s FY11 Current Expense Budget. |
| 9/09 |
The MWRA Advisory Board is now on Twitter! Start following today @MWRA_AB! |
| 9/09 |
The Advisory Board is urging all communities to sign on to the
Resolution in support of H.3125, An Act to Expand the Bottle Bill. |
| 8/09 |
In response to a series of articles on harbor monitoring in the Boston Globe, the MWRA Advisory Board submitted an Op-Ed piece for publication. Read it
here. |
| 8/09 |
Read the Advisory Board's
White Paper addressing concerns regarding the threat of Aquatic Invasive Species, with a particular focus on the invasive zebra mussel on the Quabbin Reservoir. Read the specific
recommendations from the White Paper. View DCR's Rapid Response Plan here. Read about the implementation of DCR & MWRA's
Pilot Program at the Quabbin. Click
here to see new research that highlights the ability of invasive species (the Quagga mussel) to adapt and survive in unfavorable conditions. |
| 1/09 |
In a recent letter to MWRA Board Chairman Ian Bowles and Fred Laskey, Executive Director of the MWRA, Katherine Dunphy, Chairwoman of the MWRA Advisory Board, called for a meeting to address the pressing concerns of the fiscal climate and the development of the FY10 budget. |
| 12/08 |
The Advisory Board released its 22nd
Annual Water and Sewer Retail Rate Survey
reporting an average increase of 5.8% in combined retail water and sewer bills in 2008 for customers in the MWRA service area. |
| 11/08 |
MWRA staff made a presentation to the Board of Directors of on-going and new renewable and sustainable energy initiatives at MWRA. MWRA has made a major commitment to reducing energy consumption at its facilities in an effort to reduce both operating costs and the environmental impacts of its daily operations. |
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About Us...
The MWRA Advisory Board was
created by the Legislature to represent the interests of MWRA service area
communities in the 1984 Enabling Act that established the MWRA. Its
members include:
- the chief elected official and a designee from each of the 60
cities and towns
- a member of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council
- six gubernatorial appointees representing various interests.
The Advisory Board reviews
and comments on MWRA capital and current expense budgets, as well as
MWRA practices and policies. For more information about the structure
of the Advisory Board, see the Members page.
An informational video is available below with more
information about the Advisory Board and the communities we represent.
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