Compliance files, 1935-[ongoing] (bulk 1960-1976).

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Compliance files, 1935-[ongoing] (bulk 1960-1976).

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As part of their mandate to protect drinking water supplies in Massachusetts, the Division of Water Supply and its predecessors have had overall supervisory authority over municipal and district water systems, pursuant to MGLA c 111, ss 159-174. Series has been created by the division and its predecessors to monitor compliance with clean water standards, to approve projects related to water delivery systems, and to investigate occasional water supply problems such as discoloration and odor.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Massachusetts. Division of Sanitary Engineering.

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Massachusetts. Division of Environmental Health.

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Massachusetts. Division of Water Supply

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State oversight of public drinking water supplies and systems has been exercised successively by the following agencies: State Board of Health (1869-1879), State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity (1879-1886), and State Board of Health (1886-1914); also State Dept. of Health (1914-1919) and Dept. of Public Health (1919-1975), specifically from 1914 under the Division of Sanitary Engineering, renamed Division of Environmental Health in 1969 (including its Bureau of Water Supply and Water Qualit...