State DEP follows feds with dizzying water mandates.(LOCAL NEWS)

From: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | Date: March 2, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Nick Kotsopoulos

COLUMN: POLITICS AND THE CITY

As if Worcester city officials haven't had enough problems with some of the mandates issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, now the state Department of Environmental Protection has them scratching their heads.

At issue: conditions the DEP has issued under the Water Management Act of 1986. The act was intended to better manage water resources in the state by controlling the amount o...

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