Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Tour & Lunch

Tour the MWRA's "Boston Harbor Clean-up" Project one of America's most important environmental success stories.

Tuesday, April 23^rd

Tour:      10:00 am to 12:30 pm

Lunch:  12:30 pm to 2:00 pm

190 Tafts Ave, Winthrop, MA 02152

MWRA's Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant is the centerpiece of MWRA' $3.8 billion program to protect Boston Harbor against pollution from Metropolitan Boston's sewer systems.

The $3.8 billion Boston Harbor Project was substantially complete when the 9.5-mile outfall tunnel was commissioned in September of 2000. As components of the new Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant have come on-line, there have been corresponding improvements in the harbor’s water quality: advisories against swimming at most Boston Harbor beaches have declined, water clarity has improved markedly, contamination as monitored in the tissue of mussels from the harbor has been dropping for a decade, and marine species that inhabit the harbor have grown in numbers and diversity.

NOTES:

·        Deadline to register is April 9th

·        All guests should be prepared to show their driver’s license to Security.

·        Dress comfortably and wear closed-toed shoes for a walking tour of the treatment plant.

Additional Information on Deer Island WWTP