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	<title>WillBrownsberger.com &#187; water</title>
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	<description>State Senator -- 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex -- Democrat</description>
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		<title>Craddock Bridge Plans</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/8452</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The plans for the reconstruction of the Craddock Bridge assure considerable reductions in the flood risks posed by the Bridge.]]></description>
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		<title>Mystic/Alewife Updates</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/8145</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A meeting was held on Monday, May 27, 2011 in the State House to review the status of key issues in the Mystic/Alewife area with the management of the Department of Conservation and Recreation.]]></description>
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		<title>Alewife Update:  Flooding and Related Projects</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4898</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A meeting was held in the State House this morning with Commissioner Sullivan of the Department of Conservation and Recreation to review flooding and related priorities in the Alewife area. ]]></description>
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		<title>Alewife Brook Water Quality</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4744</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4744#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PeterSullivan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am interning in Will’s office this summer and recently attended a hearing on sewer flows into Alewife Brook and the Charles and Mystic basins, which provided a helpful status update on projects to improve water quality.   The hearing was to extend the variance allowing for a certain level of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flooding @ Clay Pit</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4118</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4118#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Baratta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will: I was watching you and the selectmen discussing the Clay Pit pond flooding. This may be a stupid idea, but wouldn&#8217;t a 2 to 3 foot berm  take care of it?  This seems about at the level of an Eagle project,  a few loads of loam and some grass seed.  Am I missing someting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Relief for persons with flood damages</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3747</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3747#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have experienced flood related losses, you should move quickly to start a FEMA relief application -- call 800-621-FEMA or go to  <a href="http://www.fema.gov/">FEMA's website</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>First reflections on the Flood of 2010</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3550</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was disappointed by how our regional infrastructure performed during the most recent flooding event. We had both severe sewer backups and severe stormwater flooding in many neighborhoods in my district. While we have made progress over the last few years, it is clear that we have to keep at our efforts.]]></description>
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		<title>Field Observations of the Flood of 2010</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3564</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3564#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who focus on the details of flood events, here is a collection of data points from my travels around the Alewife and Mystic from Sunday into Tuesday.  It is important now that we assemble observations from this event and learn as much as possible.  Clarissa Rowe will be convening a meeting of the Arlington-Belmont-Cambridge Stormwater Flooding Board for that purpose.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Progress on sewer problems in Winn Brook</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3210</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/3210#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had been Selectman in Belmont for only a couple of months, when, in the major June 1998 rain storm, a constituent called me late one night to come see the raw sewage rising out of the sink in his finished basement.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Alewife updates &#8212; DCR progress on flooding issues</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/1994</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/1994#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The single most immediate priority for flood control is assuring that the Alewife Brook and the Mystic River have the capacity to drain large rainstorms.  Recent progress is encouraging.]]></description>
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		<title>Comment Opportunity on Draft Oceans Management Plan</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/1908</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/1908#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most significant pieces of legislation that we passed in the 2007-8 session was the Oceans Act, which contemplates a science based planning process for the waters along the Massachusetts coast.  The Oceans Advisory Commission is seeking input on a draft plan.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Status of local issues in the Alewife area</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/196</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/196#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary of a meeting that occurred at the State House (September 25) regarding the status of Department of Conservation and Recreation issues in the Alewife area.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Silver Maple Forest &#8212; a small step forward</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/162</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/162#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[land preservation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who are following the issue of the Silver Maple Forest, I want to report a small step forward. Today, the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee, on which I sit, reported out the Governor&#8217;s Environmental Bond Bill favorably. The Committee version of the bill, reported favorably today, includes an earmark for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uplands acquisition update</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/145</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/145#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[land preservation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am writing to provide an update for those who are concerned about preserving the Silver Maple Forest or Belmont Uplands property.  A group met last week with Governor Patrick to discuss the issue. As many know, the property faces development for affordable housing purposes under Chapter 40B.  The Belmont Zoning Board has approved the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tidelands &#8212; final outcome</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/133</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/133#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the House accepted the final Tidelands bill back from the Conference Committee.  This is a critical, although very technical, land-use regulatory issue in current and former waterfront areas.  I have written previously about this issue. As you may recall, back in July, I voted together with a substantial minority against an earlier version of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tidelands votes</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/122</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/122#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of quiet negotiations, the &#8220;tidelands&#8221; issue finally took visible shape in the House of Representatives today. The final complex votes were contested, positioning me on the losing side, along with most of the Cambridge and Somerville representatives, a few additional friends, some staunch environmentalists and the Republican members of the House. I felt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor supports legislative flood control initiative</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/113</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/113#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As State Representative, I have been following through on state action priorities developed by the Arlington-Belmont-Cambridge Stormwater Flooding Board, on which I previously served. (The Board is continuing to make good progress under the very able leadership of Arlington Selectman Clarissa Rowe.) There are three top state action priorities for controlling flooding in our communities. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tidelands, uplands, Mugar, regulatory politics</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/80</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/80#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discussion of the Tidelands decision which tightened controls on coastal development.]]></description>
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		<title>2006 Campaign Statement of Priorities</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/564</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/564#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regional transportation planning, educational excellence, health care, environmental protection.]]></description>
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