Boston Groundwater Trust (BGwT) update on hot spot areas

BWSC has televised pipes along Stuart Street, in the Berkeley to Dartmouth Street and in the Saint James Avenue/Providence Street areas of the Back Bay. In the South End, along Clarendon Street, we continue to coordinate with BWSC on the best way to mitigate the low levels in some of the wells in this area. Along Montgomery Street in the South End some minor damp spots
were discovered during inspections. A solution is currently in the early design stages. BWSC will again be dye testing lines on Commercial Street in the North End in the spring to look for leaks. We expect an update on these hot spots when the City State Groundwater Working Group meets in two weeks.

Project LightWell

Project LightWell Groundwater Data Sourcing program is up and running along Boylston Street. Partnering with project team LightWell the project consists of ten custom-designed, Bluetooth-enabled, translucent-Corian well caps. The well caps display real-time groundwater level data. Residents and visitors can interact with the data through the Boston LightWells mobile app. Please visit our homepage at bostongroudwater.org for locations and additional information.

BGwT 2007-2018 Average Network Elevation vs. Precipitation

While we have wells that have been read since 1999, 2007 is when we completed the bulk of our well network installations. Therefore, this 11 year period provides the largest amount of well data to work with. It's helpful to look at the average vs precipitation and see the slight (but important) gains made. The repairing of underground infrastructure coupled with the installation of recharge systems plays a major role in helping us maintain groundwater levels and capturing the precipitation.

For more information, BGwT 229 Berkeley Street Suite 410 Boston, MA 02116, bostongroundwater.org