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The Stony Brook Watershed Historical Sewer System Changes
Wellington Hall
Advisor: Ferdi Hellweger
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
August 10, 2005
Goal of the Research
To compile historical sewer data in a consistent format on a CD and present it in the form of a poster.
Pipe sizes, materials, depth, dates of installation, and location.
Methods of Research
Boston Water Sewer Commission (BWSC) Massachusetts Water Resource Authority
(MWRA) Internet Snell Library
Where is Stony Brook Watershed?
The Stony Brook watershed has a drainage area of 8,393 acres.
Located in the Boston neighborhoods of Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, Hyde Park, West Roxbury, and a small section of Brookline.
The Stony “Brook”
The stream originates in the Stony Brook Reservation.
It flows through an open channel for its first mile.
Then traverses north towards the Charles River for 7.5 miles through a brick conduit.
Outline of the Stony Brook Watershed
Why was the Stony Brook Culverted?
Flooding Industrial waste Human waste To create space for
urban development To protect people from
sewage related diseases
The Stony Brook and other tributaries as they
were in 1852.
Stony Brook
Northeastern University
The Stony Brook as of 2004
Confluence of the Stony Brook and Muddy River, during the Revolutionary War
Courtesy of th
e US
GS
Confluence of the Stony Brook and Muddy River, end of the 19th century
Forsyth Street
Huntington A
ve.
Old Stony Brook Conduit
Stony Brook Conduit
Gatehouse 1&2
BW
SC
Confluence of the Stony Brook and Muddy River, present day
Huntington Ave.Forsyth S
treet
Old Stony Brook Conduit
Stony Brook Conduit
Gatehouse 1&2
BW
SC
Gate House 2, (1882)
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Gate Houses 1 & 2, (2005)
What’s next for the Stony Brook
The Boston Water and Sewer Commission is currently under taking the project of separating all of the combined sewers in the Stony Brook watershed.
When the project is completed, sewage will be sent to Deer Island; stormwater will continue to flow through the Stony Brook Conduit.
Special Thanks!
Amy Schofield - BWSC Tom Nuygen - BWSC Richard Letch - BWSC Tom Daly - BWSC David Denny - BWSC Rebecca Kenney - MWRA
Gerard Moore – BWSC Jacques Lallemand - BWSC Anu Meacham Ferdi Hellweger Kristin Hicks
Questions?
