MAC: Canton Water Department

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According to a Canton Water Department newsletter, Canton draws its drinking water from two sources, our own local ground water wells and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA). The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) limits the amount of water the town can use to 2.67 million gallons per day. Canton used an average of 2.34 million gallons per day in 2020, with 40 percent supplied by the MWRA and 60 percent from our seven ground water wells. Canton maintains and operates a drinking water supply and distribution system that consists of the James P. Moran Treatment Facility and three wells together with the Edward M. Sullivan Water Treatment Facility and four wells. In addition, there are 128 miles of water main pipe, five storage tanks, 1,100 fire hydrants, and 7,300 service connections. Regular maintenance activities include water main flushing, hydrant replacement, valve exercising, meter inspection and repair, storage tank inspection, and water leak repair.

The Canton Water Department and its contractor, the C. Naughton Company of Boston, are doing an outstanding job replacing water mains, hydrants, and service connections on Edward Street, Barbara Road, and Sandy Avenue, off Route 138. The C. Naughton Company is the same contractor that did the water main work on Elm, Greenlodge, and Dedham streets.

According to a recent article in the Canton Citizen, the Canton Select Board has awarded a design contract of nearly $200,000 to Bristol Engineering for improvements to the Moran Water Treatment Facility on Pecunit Street. The purpose of the project is to install a Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) filtration system, which helps with the removal of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” from ground water supplies. DPW Superintendent Mike Trotta said construction costs are estimated at $2.2 million (appropriated at the 2020 town meeting), and work should begin during the summer of 2022. Trotta said the Sullivan treatment facility on Neponset Street is already equipped with GAC, but Canton officials decided to add the filtration system to the Moran plant in order to ensure the continued safety of the town’s finished drinking water.

The state Department of Environmental Protection is still requiring Canton to implement mandatory outdoor water conservation measures through September 30. Use of automatic irrigation systems and sprinklers is limited to no more than two times per week and must take place between 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. Irrigation of lawns, gardens, flowers, and plants with a handheld hose is permitted between 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. No watering is allowed between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Please see the town of Canton‘s website for more details.

Recent CHS graduate Dylan Coyne made the Boston Herald’s Boys Lacrosse All-Scholastic Team. Coyne, the Bulldogs’ starting goalie, was the “backbone” of a squad that won 14 games and captured the program’s first Hockomock Davenport Division crown since 2015. Coyne was also named this year’s Davenport Division MVP. Also of note, Sam Carlino and Jack Albert made the Boston Herald’s Hockomock All-Star Team.

The Boston Marathon will be held this year on Monday, October 11, which many communities observe as Columbus Day. A notable exception is the town of Brookline, which instead celebrates “Indigenous People’s Day” following passage of a warrant article in 2017. Brookline was threatening to block the marathon from coming through the town if the Boston Athletic Association didn’t do more to recognize native people. Accordingly, the BAA plans to celebrate the role of Native Americans in the Boston Marathon. Two Native Americans have won the marathon, Thomas Longboat in 1907 and Ellison Brown in 1936 and 1939. According to the Boston Globe, the BAA said the October 11 date was chosen “in close coordination and collaboration with the eight cities and towns that comprise the marathon route.”

The 126th Boston Marathon will return to its traditional starting line in Hopkinton on Monday, April 18, 2022. It will be the first race held on the traditional Patriots Day date since 2019.

Last month was the second wettest July in Boston’s recorded history as 10.07 inches of rain fell. It rained for 13 straight days in Boston, according to an article in the Boston Globe.

A $16,805 state grant will be used to expand traffic-calming measures in the vicinity of the Messinger Street playground.

You have only one life to live, so live it without worrying about what others may think.  –Jeanne Phillips

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

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

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