Towns Outside Boston Are Growing Too Fast
27 August 2001 - 10:00am
The town around Boston are exceeding their water limits. A regional solution is needed.
"The basic problem, hydrologists say, is that large areas of undeveloped land in these communities are being paved over -- roadways for new subdivisions, or parking lots and large buildings in shopping malls -- which sends rainwater running off to other places rather than back down to underground sources."
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The Boston Globe, August 26, 2001
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