Man About Canton: Water in Canton

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According to the Canton Department of Public Works (DPW) Water Division, the town of Canton has a distribution system of over 128 miles of water mains with more than 6,600 service connections, 1,100 fire hydrants, five storage tanks, and two pump stations. Canton uses an average of 2.5 million gallons of water daily. The MWRA supplies 20 percent of this water through a connection to our water system. Local sources supply 80 percent of the water, which is treated at the James P. Moran and Edward M. Sullivan treatment facilities.

The average annual household water bill in Massachusetts is $297.

The Canton DPW recently tested the water in all of the school buildings, and the samples were found to be well within the normal limits for lead and copper.

The MWRA supplies about 200 million gallons of water a day to consumers in 51 Massachusetts communities, including Canton. Their drinking water has met every federal and state standard in 2015, and the water has been found to be of excellent quality.

Canton is under a mandatory water restriction this summer. In order to comply with the state Department of Environmental Protection’s water withdrawal permit, the town of Canton must further limit nonessential outdoor water use to two days per week before 9 a.m. and after 5 p.m. This restriction will remain in place through September 30.

The Canton High School Class of 2016 graduated 233 students. The valedictorian was Sung Ahn, and the salutatorian was Rigel Galgana. The president of the class was Michael Noone.

Canton resident William F. Weld of Green Street, a former Republican governor of Massachusetts, will be listed on the 2016 presidential ballot as the Libertarian Party’s vice presidential candidate. Weld was nominated at the Libertarian’s Party convention in Orlando, Florida, receiving just over 50 percent of the vote on the second ballot. Weld joins Gary Johnson, the former Republication governor of New Mexico, who won the Libertarian nomination as the presidential candidate.

The town of Canton will purchase a new ambulance using $284,000 from ambulance receipts.

In a recent town election in Halifax, only 7 percent of the registered voters (384) went to the polls. There were three contested offices, including school committee, assessors, and park commission, but what was really interesting is there were no official candidates for two three-year terms on the board of library trustees; a five-year term on the housing authority; a four-year term on the planning board; and a five-year term on the planning board. Now that’s what MAC calls real apathy in a town. MAC wonders if they move the town election to November would they get more candidates?

The Canton High School baseball team won its last four games to finish the season at 10-10 and earn a berth in the Division 2 south sectional tournament as the 14th seed. In their first game, the Bulldogs stunned the defending Division 2 state champions and this year’s third-seeded team Middleboro 1-0 in nine innings behind a complete-game four-hitter by CHS ace Kevin Powers, who, in the process, extended his shutout streak to 24 consecutive innings. In his last three starts, Powers shut out Cohasset (7-0), Fairhaven (6-0), and Middleboro (1-0). In the quarterfinals, Canton’s luck ran out as they lost to Sandwich High School 3-0. Canton managed only one hit off Sandwich’s pitcher Will Crowther, a single by Jim Jenkins. The Canton High School baseball team has earned a postseason berth in the state tournament under head coach JP Scott for the past three years.

The Massachusetts Hospital School is now the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children. The state legislators okayed the name change in honor of the school’s longtime Board of Trustee member and benefactor Dr. Arthur Pappas.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives has received a subpoena related to a federal investigation of state Senator Brian A. Joyce. He has said through his attorney that he has never used his office for personal gain.

John Carrington was recently elected the new commander of the Canton American Legion Post 24. John is the first African American to hold that position in the Canton American Legion.

June Teague has accepted the position of president of the Canton American Legion Post 24 Ladies Auxiliary for the 2016-2017 season. June replaces longtime Auxiliary President Michelle Mogan.

Life is a series of choices, and all we can do is make them.

That is all for now folks. See you next week.

Joe DeFelice can be reached at manaboutcanton@aol.com.

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