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At the turn of the century, Boston had one of the most advanced sewer systems in the country. Through decades of neglect and a failure to truly update the system until the 1980's, the pollution in Boston Harbor became so bad that the harbor became a national emb ....

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.... 1972 Clean Water Act prompted Massachusetts to clean up its act, so to speak. It was not until the city of Quincy and the Conservation Law Foundation filed law suits against Massachusetts for violations of the Clean Water Act, that the state decided to make updates to its system (Aubrey, Connor 62). The result of these lawsuits was the creation of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) in late 1984. Once the MWRA took control of the sewer system changes began to be made. The MWRA oversaw the construction of new primary and secondary treatment plants of Deer Island, which removed the mandatory 85% of pollutants in the wastewater require ....