MWRA's Metropolitan Water Tunnel Program

Program Documents | Job Postings
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Public Meetings - Meeting Materials & Presentations
Working Groups - Materials & Presentations
Water System History | Contact Us

Program Documents (PDF)

• Certificate of the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs
  on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (“MEPA Certificate”), EEA Number: 16355, December 16, 2022 (Posted 12/20/2022)
• Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), All Volumes (.zip download) October 2022: Preliminary Design, Geotechnical Investigation, and Environmental Impact Report, MWRA Contract 7159 (Posted 10/17/2022)
  • Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), Volume 1 of 3 October 2022: Preliminary Design, Geotechnical Investigation, and Environmental Impact Report, MWRA Contract 7159 (Posted 10/17/2022)
  • Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), Volume 2 of 3 October 2022: Preliminary Design, Geotechnical Investigation, and Environmental Impact Report, MWRA Contract 7159 (Posted 10/17/2022)
  • Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), Volume 3 of 3 October 2022: Preliminary Design, Geotechnical Investigation, and Environmental Impact Report, MWRA Contract 7159 (Posted 10/17/2022)
  • Fact Sheet, Shaft Site Selection:
    English | Español | 中文 | Kreyòl Ayisyen
    
    
  • Fact Sheet, Potential Traffic Impacts: 
    English | Español | 中文 | Kreyòl Ayisyen
    
    
  • Fact Sheet, Potential Noise, Vibration and Air Quality Impacts: English | Español | 中文 | Kreyòl Ayisyen
    
    
  • Fact Sheet, Potential Natural and Cultural Resource Environmental Impacts: 
    English | Español | 中文 | Kreyòl Ayisyen
    
    
  • Fact Sheet, Potential Water Supply Impacts: 
    English | Español | 中文 | Kreyòl Ayisyen
• Certificate of the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs
  on The Environmental Notification Form (“MEPA Certificate”), EEA Number: 16355, May 7, 2021 (Posted 05//17/2021)
• Environmental Notification Form (ENF), March 2021: PRELIMINARY DESIGN, GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, MWRA Contract 7159 (Posted 03/30/2021)

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Job Postings

• To learn more about open job postings with the Metropolitan Water Tunnel Program and other MWRA employment opportunities, visit https://mwra.applicantpro.com/jobs/. The MWRA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. MWRA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, gender identity or expression including a transgender identity, genetics or veteran status.

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MWRA Board of Directors Meeting Materials and Presentations (PDF)

• Metropolitan Water Tunnel Program - Geotechnical Support Services: GEI-McMillen Jacobs JV, Contract (Meeting Materials) 7557 (12/14/2022)
• Metropolitan Water Tunnel Program--Lease for Core Storage Facility: IC Needham Gould Portfolio, LL, W344 (Meeting Materials) 11/16/2022
• Metropolitan Water Tunnel Program Update (Meeting Materials and Presentation) 09/14/2022
• Metropolitan Water Tunnel Program Update (Meeting Materials and Presentation) 10/20/2021
• Metropolitan Tunnel Redundancy Program Update: Filing of Environmental Notification Form (Meeting Materials) 02/17/2021
• Metropolitan Tunnel Redundancy Program Update Meeting Materials and Presentation) 12/16/2020
• Metropolitan Tunnel Redundancy Program Preliminary Design, Geotechnical Investigation and Environmental Impact Report: CDM Smith, Inc. Contract 7159, and Program Update (Meeting Materials and Presentation) 05/27/2020
• Metropolitan Tunnel Redundancy Program Update (Meeting Materials and Presentation) 10/16/2019
• Metropolitan Tunnel Redundancy Program Update on Tunnel Hydraulics and Program Support Services Consultant Key Personnel (Meeting Materials and Presentation) 04/17/2019
• Program Support Services for the Metropolitan Tunnel Redundancy Program JCK Underground, Inc. Contract 7655 (Meeting Materials and Presentation) 03/20/2019
• Update on the Consultant Support Structure for the Metropolitan Tunnel Redundancy Program (Meeting Materials) 10/17/18
• Approval: Two-Tunnel Alternative for Redundancy of the Metropolitan Tunnel System (Meeting Materials and Presentation) 02/15/2017
• Special Meeting of the Board of Directors on Metropolitan Tunnel Redundancy (Meeting Materials) 10/06/2016

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Public Meetings – Meeting Materials and Presentations

• Program Update for the MWRA Advisory Board (11/17/2022)
• Program Update for Town of Wellesley Board of Public Works (11/15/2022)
• Program Update for MWRA Water Supply Citizens Advisory Committee (WSCAC) 02/08/2022
• MWRA Advisory Board Special Meeting on Water Redundancy
  (via MWRA Advisory Board website) 12/08/2016
  

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Working Groups – Meeting Materials and Presentations

• Meeting No. 6, September 22, 2022
  agenda | presentations | summary
• Meeting No. 5, June 15, 2022
  agenda | presentations | summary
• Meeting No. 4, December 1, 2021
  agenda | presentations | summary
• Meeting No. 3, August 4, 2021
  agenda | presentations | handouts | summary
• Meeting No. 2, June 2, 2021
  agenda | presentations | handouts | summary
• Meeting No. 1, April 7, 2021
  agenda | presentations | handouts | summary

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MWRA Water System History

• The History Behind MWRA's Water Supply Aqueducts and Tunnels
• The History of Redundancy Planning for the Metropolitan Boston Area
• MWRA Water Transmission System Overview
• Historical Photos, via Digital Commonwealth
• Press Release: MWRA Recognizes 10 Year Anniversary of Shaft 5 Water Main Break 05/01/2020

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