MWRA Board of Directors Meeting
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Time: 1:00pm
Location: MWRA's Deer Island Reception/Training Building, Favaloro Meeting Room, 33 Tafts Avenue, Boston, MA 02128 and virtually on Webex
Photo ID required for entry. Meeting times and locations are subject to change.
Agenda Information
MWRA staff are working to provide additional details and analysis regarding the draft Updated Long Term Control Plan that was proposed at the October 29, 2025, MWRA Board of Directors Meeting.
In order to address questions and comments that have been received from MWRA Board Members and the public, this item will not be on the agenda and the Board is not expected to vote at the November 19th Meeting. Instead, it will be considered at a future Board Meeting after further information is gathered.
AGENDA
I. Approval of Minutes
II. Report of the Chair
III. Report of the Executive Director
IV. Administration, Finance and Audit
A. Information
1. Delegated Authority Report – October 2025
2. First Quarter FY2026 Orange Notebook
3. FY2026 Financial Update and Summary through October 2025
V. Wastewater Policy and Oversight
A. Contract Awards
1. Modeling of Massachusetts Bay Water Quality: Four Peaks Environmental Science & Data Solutions LLC, Contract OP-499
B. Contract Amendments/Change Orders
1. Boiler and Water Heater Service, American Refrigeration Company, LCC, Contract OP-463, Change Order 2
VI. Water Policy and Oversight
A. Information
1. Update on Lead and Copper Rule Compliance – Fall, 2025
B. Approvals
2. Emergency Water Supply Agreement with the Town of Wayland
VII. Personnel and Compensation
A. Approvals
1. PCR Amendments – November 2025
2. Appointment of Michael Guarin, Workplace Investigations
VIII. Correspondence to the Board
A. Correspondence Regarding the Draft Updated Long Term CSO Control Plan
- November 13, 2025 Letters and attachments from A Better City; Charles River Watershed Association; Esplanade Association; Save the Alewife Brook
- November 3, 2025 E-mail from Joshua Matthews
- November 4, 2025 E-mail from Susan Trotz
- November 5, 2025 E-mail from Deirdre O'Brien
- November 8, 2025 E-mail from Valerie Masin
- November 9, 2025 E-mail from Ames Abbot
- November 11, 2025 E-mails from Alyssa Lary; Emily Beinecke; Leili Towfigh; Meryl Perlson; Michelle Scott; Neil Silverman; Stephanie Melikian
- November 12, 2025 E-mails from Amy Kaczur; Ann Houseman; Ari Adland; Bambi Good; Cara Foster Karim; Chris Houseman; Connor Rouge-Burke; Glennon Beresin; Jeanette Minyaoui; Jill Richard; Joanne Michel; Katie Donnelly; Kirsty Bennett; Rob Klein; Robert Saoud; Virginia Bove
- November 13, 2025 e-mails from Alex Barat; Alice Wiseberg; Andy Breeding; August Felso; Cecilia Velander; Charlotte Dale; Chloe Lewis; Cindy Larson; David Brick; Erin O’Connell; Frédérique Bienfait, MD; Jean M. Devine; Janice Bickley; Jennifer and Kyle Angstadt; Jennifer K. Firneno; Jerry Zadow; Jessie M. English, PhD; Jillian Zieff; Joe Cipolla; John Steinberg; John Tracey; Jordan Claman; Kate Evenson; Kerry Graham; Kiely MacMahon; Kris Collins; Laura Spark; Leo Martin; Liane Douglas; Matthias Fischer; Megan Callahan; Michael Richardson-Bach; Nick King; Pete Morelli; Rachel DeLucas; Ragan McNeely; Ray Orfan; Sarah Kacevich; Serena Blacklow; Shannon Ames; Tricia Carney; W. David Lee; Zola Solamente
Additional Correspondence to the Board:
• November 13, 2025 – Letter from Diane M. Mahon, Chair, Arlington Select Board
• November 14, 2025 – Letter from Newton City Councilors Marc Laredo, David Kalis, Stephen Farrell, Leonard Gentile, Rena Getz, Maria Greenberg, Bill Humphrey, Alison Leary, Rick Lipof, Tarik Lucas, Julia Malakie, David Micley, John Oliver, Pam Wright
• November 13, 2025 – Emails from Achilleas A. Dorotheou, James Hammitt
• November 14, 2025 – Emails from Bradford Johnson, Chris Stivers, Robert Kearns
• November 15, 2025 – Emails from Frédérique Bienfait, MD, Sandy Huckleberry
• November 17, 2025 – Email from Joseph Su
X. Executive Session
i. Approval of October 22, 2025 Executive Session Minutes
A. Real Estate
1. Watershed Land Acquisition Approval
B. Litigation
1. To Discuss Strategy with Respect to Litigation:
a. Massachusetts Natural Fertilizer Co., Inc. et al claims; Massachusetts Natural Fertilizer Co., Inc. et al. v. MWRA et al., Worcester Superior Ct. No. 2585CV00439; Trina Brasili v. The Newark Group, Inc. et al., Worcester Superior Ct. No. 2585CV00370
b. U.S. v. M.D.C., et al., USDC (Mass) No. 85-0489-RGS (Boston Harbor Case)
XI. Adjournment
Posted 11/13/2025. Updated 11/18/2025, 1:00pm.
