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Nothing like a refreshing jump into the Charles

By adamg on Sun, 05/10/2015 - 8:58pm
Jumping into the Charles River near Harvard Square

Louis Gudema watched people jumping into the Charles from the Weeks Bridge at sunset this evening.

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By chaosjake on Mon, 05/11/2015 - 12:01pm.

Here’s what a clean Charles River means: it’s as simple as seeing how many people get out and enjoy swimming, kayaking, sailing and windsurfing on a nice summer day, and not having to worry about whether the water might make them sick. We are extremely proud and gratified that our years of hard work to clean up the Charles River is showing positive results.

-Curt Spalding, regional administrator, EPA New England

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By Neighbor2 on Mon, 05/11/2015 - 12:42pm.

Great photography.

Great to see people having fun.

Great blog (U-Hub) to share it on.

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By anon on Wed, 05/13/2015 - 1:57pm.

Watertown, Waltham and Weston have all done a lot. The water is clear and the elements of the Upper Charles River Reservation make it a great bikeway.

It's probably pretty clean by Weeks bridge cause the Newton swill has time to oxydize as it passes over rapids and Falls.

This spot https://goo.gl/maps/txhra in Auburndale has some kind of pump house blowing what appears to be storm drain water with lots of reddish brown scale in an impressive plume.

This one https://goo.gl/maps/ktQiU is further down stream and involves an old style open storm drain called Cheesecake Brook and it blows lots of winter road salt and gravel such that you have an artificial gravel wash. A bit further downstream the, Nahanton abutters have what looked to be laundry slop and bad turbidity.

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