FRAMINGHAM, MA — Beginning in early October (2021) and continuing for approximately four to six weeks, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
(MWRA) will commence a drawdown of Framingham Reservoir No. 1, (also known as Stearns Reservoir.
The water level is being lowered to accommodate work on a new operations and emergency-use only boat ramp located at Salem End Road.
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WESTON, MA – on Saturday afternoon, (May 1, 2010), the Metropolitan Water Resource Authority, (MWRA), announced a major break in a 10 foot diameter pipe.
The break is located where the MetroWest Water Supply Tunnel meets the City Tunnel on Recreation Road in Weston.
The leak has caused 8 million gallons of water per hour to leak from the water supply into the Charles River.
Framingham residents are not affected by this break, and no “boil water” advisory for the town has been issued.
Due to infiltration of the water supply, residents of the following towns and MWRA designated areas east of Weston are advised to (more…)