Scituate Water Study Committee

Town of Scituate
Town Hall
600 Chief Justice Cushing Way
Scituate, MA 02066

The Scituate Water Study Committee (WSC) was appointed by the Board of Selectmen in response to an article passed at the 2003 Annual Town Meeting. Members include Robert Ference, Shan Morrissey, Robert Murray, Mary Ellen Schloss and Lance Van Lenten (chair). Paul Reidy is the liaison from the Board of Selectmen and Al Bangert is the liaison from the Advisory Committee. The WSC has been studying documents and issues related to Scituate's Water Supply Safe Yield based on a series of topic areas. The first topic area, called "Quality and Quantity of Water Resources before Treatment" included an indepth study of the surface and ground water sources in the community with presentations by Samatha Woods, Executive Director of NSRWA and Dr. David Nellis, professor of Hydrogeology at the University of Massachusetts. Topic II, "Land Use, Growth and the Water Supply" included a well attended inter-community forum primarily centered around effectively using local and state resource regulations to protect water resources.

A pdf version of the introductory presentation from the forum is on this page. The WSC will present its findings at the 2004 Annual Town Meeting in March. All meetings are posted at Town Hall and open to the public. The next intercommunity forum, to focus on Topic III, “Water Conservation” is scheduled for 7:00 pm, Wednesday, January 28 in the Jenkins School Library. This topic will include reducing water consumption and water waste, the needs of the aquatic environment and methods other communities have used in “water balance” and “water budget” programs. Brief presentations by special guest panelists will be followed by informal discussion.

Reports for download:

Water Study Committee Report (March 2004) - PDF 2MB

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