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Massachusetts Water Resources Authority
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE:
February 10, 2010
CONTACT:

Ria Convery, Communications Director
(617) 788-1105, <ria.convery@mwra.state.ma.us>

FUEL SPILL AT CHARLES RIVER

At about 12:30 this morning, MWRA staff discovered a diesel fuel spill at the Cottage Farm CSO Facility, located on Memorial Drive in Cambridge. MWRA staff estimates the spill at about 2,500 gallons. Some of the fuel went into the Charles River. The Cambridge Fire Department, Coast Guard, DEP and EPA are on site and Clean Harbors is responding. Updates will be provided as they become available.

There are no service interruptions associated with this incident.

 

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Updated February 10, 2010