MWRA's Outfall Monitoring Science Advisory Panel

The State of Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay
MWRA NPDES PERMIT

Outfall Monitoring Science Advisory Panel
(OMSAP)

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority's Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit allows MWRA to discharge effluent from the Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant into Massachusetts Bay. The Outfall Monitoring Science Advisory Panel (OMSAP) was created by the state Department of Environmental Protection and the federal Environmental Protection Agency to assist in evaluating monitoring results and developing appropriate revisions to the permit-required outfall monitoring plan.

Below are links to briefing materials on the Outfall Monitoring Program prepared for OMSAP review:

OMSAP Meetings:

June 30, 2011: Outfall Monitoring Science Advisory Panel meeting

October 28, 2009: Proposed Ambient Monitoring Plan revisions

June 29, 2009: Proposed Ambient Monitoring Plan revisions

OMSAP Briefings (older): The following are links to PDFs or Powerpoint presentations made to OMSAP on the Outfall Monitoring Program:

10/27/1998	3/14/2001	1/13/2003	3/31/2005
12/18/1998	4/4/2001	3/5/2003	8/11/2005
3/22/1999	10/16/2001	4/1/2003	9/12/2005
9/22-23/1999	10/23/2001	6/18/2003	8/8/2006
12/15/1999	10/30/2001	7/24/2003	12/4/2007
		10/21/2003
2/23/2000	3/18/2002	11/18/2003	6/10/2008
3/28/2000	4/29/2002		12/2/2008
6/21/2000	7/15/2002	5/19/2004
11/16/2000	9/24/2002	9/27/2004

Many of our reports are in PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader®, a free program available from Adobe Systems. To request a paper copy of any report, please contact the MWRA Environmental Quality Department at 617-788-4601, or e-mail us at web.enquad@mwra.state.ma.us.

Site Contents

Contact the Environmental Quality Department