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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">2300 Days at Sea</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#444444">Monitoring the Impacts of the Massachusetts Bay Outfall</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">When: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Tuesday, November 13, Breakfast at 8, talks at 8:30, ends at 3:30, followed by free harbor cruise 4-5:30 from
Rowe's Wharf</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Where:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> Fort Point Channel Conference Room,
Atlantic Wharf</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">280 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Description:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Over 30 years ago, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority was established to upgrade the Greater Metropolitan Boston wastewater treatment facility,
which included moving wastewater discharge to an outfall 9.5 miles into Massachusetts Bay. At the time, the public and regulators were concerned that moving the outfall would transfer environmental degradation from Boston Harbor, dubbed the "Dirtiest Harbor
in the Nation," to the cleaner waters of Massachusetts Bay.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">To address these concerns, scientists and regulators oversaw the development of a monitoring program. These concerns-human health, seafood safety,
aesthetics, and ecosystem health-were translated into questions that framed the monitoring program. Twenty-six years (and 2300 days at sea) later, the monitoring program has documented impacts from the outfall that are minor and within projections, and Boston
Harbor appears to be recovering.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">This workshop will kick off a process to review MWRA's existing monitoring program. We are seeking input from the public to evaluate whether the
current questions are still relevant, and whether other emerging questions or threats related to the outfall discharge should be addressed by the monitoring program.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The workshop is free and open to the public.
<b>Please register here</b>; </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/Nov-13-OMSAP-RSVP"><span style="color:blue">tinyurl.com/Nov-13-OMSAP-RSVP</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
and let us know if you will join us for the workshop and the 4pm harbor cruise.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">For more information:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">See attached flyer and agenda. Please email Judith Pederson at
<a href="mailto:jpederso@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">jpederso@mit.edu</span></a> or Diane Alicea at
<a href="mailto:dvalicea@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">dvalicea@mit.edu</span></a> with questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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