Sewer connection permit files, <1969>-[ongoing] (bulk<1983>-[ongoing])

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Sewer connection permit files, <1969>-[ongoing] (bulk<1983>-[ongoing])

The Division of Water Pollution Control develops and implements programs to prevent or clean up the pollution of surface and ground water in Massachusetts. The division creates permit files to authorize and control sewer extensions and connections by non-industrial users, and to insure proper operation of wastewater treatment facilities and sewer systems. Permit files contain correspondence, plans and permits. Permits include name and address of applicant and sewer system owner; type of project; number of residences and establishments to be served; design flow-gallons per day (sewage, industrial wastes); location, length, size and capacity of sewers to be connected; location, size and capacity of pumping stations to be connected; general description of sewers and pump stations; receiving wastewater treatment facility's average daily flow and design flow; pollutants in discharge; date issued and date effective.

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Massachusetts. Division of Water Pollution Control

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State responsibility for water pollution control has been exercised successively by the State Board of Health (1886-1914), the State Department of Health (1914-1919), and until 1975 by the Department of Public Health, specifically from 1945 by its Division of Sanitary Engineering; also since 1966 by the Division of Water Pollution Control, established in the Department of Natural Resources and transferred to 1974 to the Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (Department of Environmental...