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Leodickraprio t1_j1ifiwb wrote

Reply to comment by guimontag in BEWARE! Alewife Brook flooded yesterday, making the Greenway path impassible. Actually, we stopped one jogger from running into that contaminated water. He was determined not to continue. But there are PCBs, PAHs, and heavy metals in the brook sediment. by SaveTheAlewifeBrook

Yeah OP seems to be a bit dramatic….just a little flood

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SaveTheAlewifeBrook OP t1_j1jeqzi wrote

We’d like to see the brook dredged, to remove the toxic chemicals, to increase flood storage capacity, and to improve water quality. And the reason for this is the the Alewife Brook floods into residents’ homes. I think being dramatic about PCBs is fair in this case. It’s a public waterbody. It belongs to the people. It should be safer than it is.

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guimontag t1_j1l4y3a wrote

What does that have to do with a jogger walking through it?

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SaveTheAlewifeBrook OP t1_j1lpdm0 wrote

Good morning and Merry Christmas. We don’t think the water is safe. There was not a sewage pollution discharge into the Alewife Brook yesterday. But if the rain had come down harder and faster, then there would have been raw sewage in the brook. We do know that there are PCBs and PAHs and heavy metals in the sediment, but no one has done any kind of health study on the folks who live next to the brook who get flood water in their homes. I personally had the Alewife Brook in my house when there was flooding and I got really sick from it. Anyway, while we’re happy to save the determined jogger from getting his shoes wet (and i still can’t believe he wanted to run through it for that reason alone),… we also want to share the message that the brook is not safe, especially when it floods. I’m sorry if I failed to get the message across here, lolz.

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