Reports

Executive Director’s Reports by date or by topic

Technical Coordinators’ Updates

Report on Groundwater In Back Bay Boston, Haley & Aldrich, 1985 [multiple formats available on the page]

The Impact of Stormwater Recharge Practices on Boston Groundwater Elevations, Brian F. Thomas and Richard M. Vogel

    Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Aug. 2012, version:
    Article as web page     PDF version (1.3 MB)
    As presented Jan. 29, 2011:
    Report as web page     PDF version (916 KB)
    Slides as web page     PDF version (6.1 MB)

Reports by CDM at the AWRA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Nov., 2010:

    The Impact of Intensive Stormwater Infiltration on Groundwater Levels in Philadelphia, Mark Maimone and Dan O’Rourke     (6.4 MB PDF)
    Groundwater Impacts of Stormwater Infiltration: Considerations for Low Impact Development, O’Rourke, Gamache, Maimone, Masterson and Coffey     (5.5 MB PDF)

Report from Trinity Church about low groundwater problems at the church, 1935

    Portable Document Format (PDF) version: 848 KB

Biodegradation of Untreated Wood Foundation Piles in Existing Buildings, from Structure Magazine:

    Part 1: Investigation, June 2007   Web   PDF
    Part 2: Deterioration Mechanisms, Sept. 2007   Web   PDF
    Part 3: Remedial Options, Dec. 2007   Web   PDF

Wentworth student proposal for St. Charles St. area (2.6 MB PDF)

Explanation of groundwater, Canadian Building Digest

Boston’s Groundwater Crisis: Seeking Sound Water Policies in an Unnatural Watershed, 2003

Stone & Webster, 1990

    Portable Document Format (PDF) version: 2.1 MB

Inspectional Services Department, 1988

    Portable Document Format (PDF) version: 1.1 MB

Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, 1988

    Portable Document Format (PDF) version: 159 kb

Aldrich & Lambrechts, 1986

    Portable Document Format (PDF) version: 1.4 MB

Works Progress Administration, 1940