Massachusetts Coalition for Water Resource Stewardship 10 th Annual Symposium on May 13, 2019 Mayor Thomas P. Koch City of Quincy
Qu Quincy’s W Waterways 26 miles of coastline + many rivers and streams • Quincy Bay • Town River Bay • Neponset River • Town River • Weymouth Fore River • Sagamore Creek • Town Brook • Furnace Brook • Black’s Creek
Big P Picture: Quincy’s Infrastructure Drain / Stormwater System Sewer Collection System • Average Pipe Age 100+ years • Average Pipe Age ~ 96 years • 150 miles of drain piping • 208 miles of Sewers • 334 Outfalls (52 Tide Gates) ~18 miles are within 200 ft. of ocean • 3,007 Drain Manholes ~5 miles under the high tides • 9,329 Catch Basins • 8,482 Sewer Manholes • Five Stormwater Pump • Six Sewer Pumping Stations Stations MWRA Infrastructure in Quincy • Nut Island Facility & High Level Sewers / Interceptors • Four Sewer Pump Stations & Force Mains
Quincy’s H Historic A c Advocacy f for C Clean W Water 1982: Quincy sues the Metropolitan District Commission over sewage in Quincy Bay 1985: Formation of the MWRA and the start of the $3.8B Boston Harbor Clean Up Project.
Bayside B Beach ch i in Squantum
Bayside B Beach ch S Sewers i in 2008
Ba Bayside de Beac Beach S h Sewer ers - Replaced in 2010
Bayside B Beach ach P Project ct Area Secondary Lining in 2017
Annual S Sewer er L Lining
Sewer Repairs near Surface Waters
Pipe B Bursting t g to Minimize Impacts
Qui uincy’s F s Financ ncial T Tools f s for W Water er Q Qua uality • Annual Sewer & Drain Department Budgets • Sewer & Drainage Rehabilitation Fund • MWRA I/I Program Assistance • State Revolving Fund Loans • Rolling 5 Year CIPs • State & Federal Grants
10 15 20 25 30 35 40 0 5 Financial C 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Commitmen 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total Sewer & Drainage Expenditures 2002 2003 2004 ent to W 2005 City of Quincy 2006 ($ Millions) 2007 2008 2009 Water 2010 2011 2012 er Qua 2013 2014 2015 uality 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020…
Quincy’s W Water Quality P Partners • State: DCR, MDOT, MBTA, and MWRA • Milton & Braintree • Neponset River Watershed Association • Friend’s of Wollaston Beach • Friend’s of Butler’s Pond • Friend’s of Sailors Pond • Quincy Environmental Network • Our Yacht and Boating Clubs • Many, many, more…
Quincy wins Water Quality Education Award in 2016 Awarded From: • The New England Stormwater Collaborative • New England Water Environment Association • New England Water Works Association • New England Chapter, American Public Works Association
Quincy h has teamed w with s state a agenci cies to cl clean u up beach ches
Decades of p progress are i insufficient f for EP EPA • Sued Quincy for Clean Water Act violations • Discharges of sewage from Quincy’s sewer collection system to Quincy Bay, with a particular allegation concerning Bayside Road in Squantum.
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