Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission. Sewerage Division

Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985). Since 1985 these functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.s

Massachusetts has administered water works and sewage disposal for the Boston metropolitan area successively through the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (Metropolitan Sewerage Commission) (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water Board (1895-1901); the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919); and the Water and Sewerage Divisions of the Metropolitan District Commission (1919-1985). Since 1985 these functions have been assigned to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.

The Sewerage Division of the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) performed functions relating to sewers in the Metropolitan Sewerage District (Boston and surrounding communities) inherited from the commission's predecessors, the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners (1889-1901) and the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board (1901-1919). Such functions, along with those of the MDC's Water Division, were transferred to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority per St 1984, c 372, effective July 1985.

NAME AUTHORITY NOTE. Series relating to the agency described above can be found by searching the following access point for the time period stated: 1919-1985--Massachusetts. Metropolitan District Commission. Sewerage Division.