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Massachusetts
Surface Water Quality Standards Program
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Daniel S. Greenbaum, Commissioner
Arleen O'Donnell, Assistant Commissioner
DIVISION OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
Brian M. Donahoe, Director
OFFICE OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
Andrew Gottlieb, Acting Director
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DESIGNATED OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WATERS OF MASSACHUSETTS
1990
PREPARED BY
Alice M. Rojko
Warren A. Kimball
Water Quality Standards Program
Massachusetts Division of Water Pollution Control
Boston
Arthur J. Screpetis
Research and Demonstration Program
Office of Watershed Management
Grafton
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Daniel S. Greenbaum, Commissioner
Arleen O'Donnell, Assistant Commissioner
Division of Water Pollution Control
Brian M. Donahoe, Director
Office of Watershed Management
Andrew Gottlieb, Acting Director
JULY 1993
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Approvedby: PhilmoreAndersonIII,StatePurchasingAgent
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TITLE "Designated outstanding Resource Waters of Massachusetts 1990"
DATE August 12, 1993
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AUTHOR(S) Alice M. Rojko, Warren A. Kimball, and Arthur J. Screpetis
REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY:
Alan N. Cooperman, M.S., P.E. Russell A. Isaac, Ph.D., P.E.
EnvironmentalEngineer VI Assistant Chief Engineer
Supervisor, Office of Watershed Division of Water Pollution
Management, North Grafton Control, Boston
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PREFACE
This report is meant to expand upon and clarify the 1990 Massachusetts Surface
Water Quality Standards (314 CMR 4.00). It provides a comprehensive listing of
Outstanding Resource Waters (ORWs) by naming the tributaries to public water
supplies, the ORWs within Areas of Critical Environmental Concern and the ORWs
in other specially designated areas. This report also specifically indicates why
a waterbody is an ORW.
In concert with the triennial review of the Massachusetts Surface Water Quality
Standards a Proposed List of ORWs is being developed. This list will present
designations and/or reclassifications for waterbodies. Through the review and
public hearing process a new listing of ORWs will then be generated and
promulgated together with the 1993 Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Acknowledgements iv
I . Introduction 1
II. Listing of Outstanding Resource Waters in River Basins and
Coastal Drainage Areas of Massachusetts 5
Blackstone River Basin 6
Buzzards Bay Coastal Drainage Area 8
Cape Cod Coastal Drainage Area 9
Charles River Basin and Coastal Drainage Area 15
Chicopee River Basin 16
Concord River Basin 22
Connecticut River Basin 24
Deerfield River Basin 27
French River Basin 28
Hoosic River Basin 29
Housatonic River Basin 30
Ipswich River Basin and Coastal Drainage Area 32
Islands Coastal Drainage Area 33
Merrimack River Basin and Coastal Drainage Area 36
Millers River Basin 38
Mount Hope Bay Drainage Area 39
Mystic River Basin and Coastal Drainage Area 40
Nashua River Basin 41
North Shore Coastal Drainage Area 48
Parker River Basin and Coastal Drainage Area 50
Quinebaug River Basin 51
South Shore Coastal Drainage Area 52
Taunton River Basin 54
Ten Mile River Basin 56
westfield River Basin 57
Weymouth and Weir River Basins and Coastal Drainage Area 61
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued)
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III. References 63
IV. Appendices A-0
Appendix A Numerical Index to Massachusetts U.S. Geological
Survey Topographic Maps A-l
Appendix B Alphabetical Listing of Designated ORW Rivers
and Streams B-l
Appendix C Alphabetical Listing of Designated ORW Lakes,
Ponds, Reservoirs and Impoundments c-l
Appendix D Alphabetical Listing of Designated ORW Marine
and Coastal Waters D-l
Appendix E - City and Town Index for Outstanding Resource
Waters (ORWs) E-l
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The following individuals provided support and contributed time and
information to the preparation and completion of this report:
Russell Isaac, Division of Water Pollution Control; Alan Cooperman
and Robin O'Malley, Office of Watershed Management; Henry Barbaro
and Richard Tomczyk, Division of Wetlands and Waterways; Mary
Wheeler, Division of Water Supply; and Patricia Huckery,
Massachusetts Natural Heritage Program.
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