As temperatures heat up, there are some bodies of water you won’t want to swim in. The annual report card for the Charles River shows there are still improvements to be made. The two sections of the ...

The Charles River, despite past improvements, has stalled in its progress toward becoming consistently swimmable. Polluted stormwater runoff, carrying contaminants like oil and pet waste, is ...

After a storm in Boston, a decades-old sewage system discharges untreated wastewater into the Charles River, making it unsafe for swimmers and boaters for 48 hours. For the four days following the ...

The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority may have been caught loving that dirty water a little too much, as its board has halted a proposal that clean water advocates fear would dump sewage into ...