New EPA regulations to hold private property owners in US city accountable for pollutant: 'We hope to see [action] sooner'
Story by Lettecha Johnson • 6h
If you live in the Boston area and worry about your tap water, the Environmental Protection Agency is taking more steps to decrease river pollution. The Bay State Banner reports that local private property owners must now join city and commercial stakeholders in following guidelines regarding stormwater runoff thanks to a new EPA permit.
Like the rest of the New England area, Boston can see its fair share of rain and snow throughout its four seasons. This wet weather often washes pollutants from roads and rooftops into nearby freshwater sources.
As Anna Yie, the green infrastructure specialist at the Neponset River Watershed Association, stated: "Some people think that water goes to a water treatment plant like water from sewers do. ... It usually goes directly into a local water body."
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