Research

Recent and historical information relevant to MWRA is available below and is in order by most recent date.

Date Title & Description
April 2008 Read about the Massachusetts Coalition for Water Resources Stewardship! Click here to view the presentation to the MWRA Advisory Board on April 17, 2008.
January 2008 The MWRA makes a presentation at the January Advisory Board on the Proposed FY09 Budget Capital Improvement Program (CIP).
November 2007 In response to a request for information from the Executive Office for Administration & Finance, the Advisory Board compiled a report (with attachments) about the history and success of the Debt Service Assistance Program.
September 2007 Read the Advisory Board's 2007 Fall Briefing! It outlines upcoming challenges including Debt Service Assistance and its impacts on the CEB and CIP, as well as the Advisory Board's recent accomplishments.
June 2007 View the Advisory Board's presentation on its Comments and Recommendations on the MWRA's Proposed FY08 CIP and Proposed FY08 CEB presented to the MWRA Board of Directors.
April 2007 MWRA 2006 Annual Report - "Waterworks Revival"
September 2006 A Smarter Dig - an article from Governing Magazine contrasting the project management of the Boston Harbor Clean Up to the Big Dig.
September 2006 MWRA Advisory Board FY07 Issue Update to the Executive Committee.
May 2006 System Expansion Committee meeting minutes
February 2006 System Expansion: Joint Policy Statement on Mutual Aid and Assistance Networks
January 2006 The Case for Debt Service Assistance (DSA) - The MWRA and MWRA Advisory Board made a joint presentation at the Massachusetts State House on the importance of the DSA program.
December 2005 System Expansion: Admission of Dedham-Westwood Water District to MWRA Waterworks System
November 2005 Advisory Board's comments on EOEA's Draft Water Conservation Standards.
September 2005 Housing Study - In its Greater Boston Housing Report Card for 2004, the Boston Foundation and Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) found that the Boston Metropolitan area had the highest cost of living of any metropolitan region in the entire nation.
March 2005 EPA makes an announcement regarding new lead and copper rule.
February 2005 MWRA Advisory Board Notice to Ratepayers regarding Blue Hills Covered Storage Project.
August 2004 This Affordability Analysis reveals that rates in the MWRA service area are posing widespread social and economic impacts on homeowners.