Water Trouble A Public Forum on Storms, Floods, and Pollution

Learn how you can make a difference in improving water quality and reducing flooding in your neighborhood. 

An expert panel, moderated by Belmont's Fred Paulsen, will discuss water quality in Belmont's waterways and the Mystic River watershed; flooding in the Winn Brook neighborhood, North Cambridge, and East Arlington, and proposed developments in the Alewife Reservation/Uplands area. Panelists are: Kathleen Baskin of Belmont, Director of Water Policy, Mass. Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs; Glenn Clancy, Belmont Director of Office for Community Development; Patrick Herron, Mystic Monitoring Network Director, Mystic River Watershed Association; Ralph Jones, Belmont Selectman; and Richard Vogel, Director, Tufts University’s graduate program, "Water: Systems, Science, and Society." 

Corporate sponsors of this event are: Gold Level, Watertown Savings Bank, and Silver Level, Belmont Car Wash, The Great American Rain Barrel Company, and FB Environmental Associates. The Belmont Citizens Forum is grateful for their support of this important event.

 Nonprofit Cosponsors of this event are: Coalition to Preserve the Belmont Uplands, Friends of Alewife Reservation, Mystic River Watershed Association, and Sustainable Belmont.