With development pressure increasing across the watershed and the safe yield for withdrawing water from the river already exceeded, where will the water come from to serve all this new growth?
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As a result of the increasing pace of development and the new cap set by the state on water withdrawals from the Ipswich River, the Ipswich River Watershed Association adopted a Net Zero Water Use policy in January. The policy asks cities and towns to offset every gallon required by new development projects by reducing
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A recently released study by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) estimated that millions of gallons of unaccounted for water per day are being used in the Ipswich River watershed in the summer that are exempt from any regulation and that this category of use is growing. These withdrawals consist mostly of private withdrawals
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“I miss clamming and the comradery on the flats,” says Judy Schneider, who has been clamming in Ipswich for years, ever since her friend, long-time clammer and Middleton resident Fran Masse showed her the ropes. Ipswich is one of the many areas on the North Shore which have had to close down their clam flats
We are thrilled to announce two new Board members elected by our members at the April 25th Annual Meeting. Dan Heiter from Topsfield and Paul Charos from Wakefield. Both of these fine gentlemen have been river advocates for decades and we are thrilled to have them on board. Happy to share a few words about
Thanks so much to each of you who attended our recent Legislative Breakfast and Lobby Day to advocate for our Legislative and Budget Priorities for 2019 with our State Legislators. Both events were a terrific success and we showed our state delegation how important the river is to all of us. With these events behind
Calling all River Advocates! We need you! Please sign up for one or both of these unprecedented opportunities to advocate for the Ipswich River in front of our state Senators and Representatives. Our legislative delegation is now arguably the most influential in the Commonwealth; let’s take advantage of these opportunities to advocate for lasting change for our river and show them how much we appreciate their hard work on behalf of clean, plentiful water.
