Gary Liversidge of Boston swims in the Charles River during Boston's "City Splash" event on July 18, 2017. (Elise Amendola/AP) As someone who has been helping monitor the Charles River’s water quality ...
For decades, Boston residents have been promised a transformed Charles River, one that sheds the history of toxic contamination and is so clean and clear that people can safely swim in it. There’s ...
After a storm in Boston, a decades-old sewage system discharges untreated wastewater into the Charles River, making it unsafe for swimmers and boaters for 48 hours. For the four days following the ...