The Massachusetts Clean Water Council (MCWC) is a unique partnership of major public agencies, local communities and private sector professionals working to reclaim the state's harbors and waterways and provide people of Massachusetts with drinking water that continues to meet the highest standards.

Mission of the Massachusetts Clean Water Council

Our mission is to ensure that the federal government and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts provide adequate funding for projects that protect and enhance the state's water resources. The Council also seeks to encourage regulations that fairly balance environmental protection with Massachusetts rate payers' ability to pay. To these ends, we support two fundamental principals:

• The federal government and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have a responsibility to provide at least 50% funding for any water and wastewater improvements they mandate
• Water and wastewater regulations must consider economic impacts on local residents and businesses, as well as environmental benefits

The Council advocates increased state clean water funding and monitors implementation of the State Revolving Fund (SRF). At the federal level, the Council focuses on supporting efforts by the Massachusetts Congressional delegation to expand federal clean water funding through reauthorization of the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act.

MCWC meetings include discussions on a range of issues including asset management audits, TMDLs, and how communities can “manage with less” in these difficult fiscal times.

MCWC Membership

The Council's members represent millions of residents and rate payers in more than 120 Massachusetts cities and towns and include:

• Chief executives of major public agencies such as the Lynn Water and Sewer Commission, the South Essex Sewerage District servicing in the North Shore, the Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District in the Worcester area, the Boston Water and Sewer Commission and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.
• Mayors, municipal managers and leading officials from cities and towns significantly affected by clean water mandates such as Brockton, Fall River, Fitchburg, Haverhill, Leominster, Lowell, Northampton, Springfield, Woburn, and Worcester.
• Private sector professionals, including major engineering and law firms, who assist with the financing, planning, development and management of Massachusetts clean water projects.

For more information, or to join the Massachusetts Clean Water Council, email insight@massinsight.com.

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