Harbor and Bay
School Program
About MWRA
Doing Business with MWRA
Contact MWRA

Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
Environmental Quality Department

Useful Links

BOSTON HARBOR / MASSACHUSETTS BAY
PBS article on the Boston Harbor Project
UMass /MWRA Bay Modeling (University of Massachusetts web site)
Harvard University Mass. Bay Sea Trial
Real-time data from Mass. Bay (Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System)
Contaminant transport in Massachusetts Bay (USGS, PDF)
Sediments and contaminants in Massachusetts Bay (USGS, PDF)
Metal concentrations in Harbor and Bay Sediments (USGS, PDF)
NDBC Station 44013 (National Weather Service)
Results of a 1989-2000 USGS sediment study in Massachusetts Bay
Contaminated Sediments in Boston Harbor
LOOPS Mass. Bay Sea Trial (Harvard University)
MASS. BAY OUTFALL
Predicting the Physical Effects of Relocating Boston's Sewage Outfall
Effluent Modeling (USGS, PDF)
Outfall Feature Article (USGS, PDF)
Outfall Monitoring Science Advisory Panel
OCEAN ENVIRONMENT

Harmful Algal Blooms - Homepage (NOAA/Northwest Fisheries Science Center)
Red Tides and Harmful Algal Blooms (WHOI)
Center for Coastal Studies
On the trail of the Northern right whale (NOAA)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-Harmful Algal Blooms
On the trail of the Northern right whale (NOAA)
Harmful Red Tides- NOAA and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

USGS Woods Hole Field Center, Coastal and Marine Geology Homepage

USGS Gulf of Maine Page
USGS Stellwagen Bank Information System
U.S. Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Massachusetts Bays Estuary Program
SeaWeb - Marine Environmental News
Gulf of Maine Council Homepage
MIT Center for Coastal Resources
Mission 2011: Saving the Oceans (MIT)

BEACHES

Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Recreation (DCR): Saltwater Beaches
DCR: Wollaston Beach Reservation
DCR: Castle Island, Pleasure Bay, M Street Beach
and Carson Beach

DCR: Dorchester Shores Reservation

RIVERS

Charles River
Charles River Watershed Association
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Charles River
DCR: Charles River Reservation

Mystic River
Mystic River Online
DCR: Mystic River Reservation

Neponset River
Neponset River Watershed Association Report
DCR: Neponset River Reservation


For more information, email the Environmental Quality Department.