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on * UMASS/AMHERST * 3120bb 0573 7CI7C1 2 DESIGNATED OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WATERS OF MASSACHUSETTS 1990 m Wassacw til Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards Program Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Daniel S. Greenbaum, Commissioner Arleen O'Donnell, Assistant Commissioner DIVISION OF WATER POLLUTION CONTROL Brian M. Donahoe, Director OFFICE OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT Andrew Gottlieb, Acting Director . NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY LIMITED COPIES OF THIS REPORT ARE AVAILABLE AT NO COST BY WRITTEN REQUEST TO: MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICE OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT P.O. BOX 116 40 INSTITUTE ROAD NORTH GRAFTON, MA 01536 Furthermore, at the time of first printing, eight (8) copies of each report published by this office are submitted to the State Library at the state House in Boston; these copies are subsequently distributed as follows: On shelf; retained at the state Library (two copies); • microfilmed; retained at the State Library • delivered to the Boston Public Library at Copley Square; • delivered to the Worcester Public Library; • delivered to the Springfield Public Library; • delivered to the University Library at UMASS, Amherst; • delivered to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. • Moreover, this wide circulation is augmented by inter-library loans from the above-listed libraries. For example, a resident of Winchendon can apply at the local library for loan of the Worcester Public Library's copy of any DWPC/OWM report A complete list of reports published since 1963 is updated annually and printed in July. This report, entitled "Publications of the Massachusetts Division of Water Pollution Control and Office of Watershed Management 1963-(current year)," is also available by writing to the OWM in North Grafton. DESIGNATED OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WATERS OF MASSACHUSETTS 1990 PREPARED BY Alice M. Rojko Warren A. Kimball Water Quality Standards Program Massachusetts Division of Water Pollution Control Boston Arthur J. Screpetis Research and Demonstration Program Office of Watershed Management Grafton Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Daniel S. Greenbaum, Commissioner Arleen O'Donnell, Assistant Commissioner Division of Water Pollution Control Brian M. Donahoe, Director Office of Watershed Management Andrew Gottlieb, Acting Director JULY 1993 PublicationNo. 17402- 118- 250- 3.28 - 8/93-C.R. Approvedby: PhilmoreAndersonIII,StatePurchasingAgent : : TITLE "Designated outstanding Resource Waters of Massachusetts 1990" DATE August 12, 1993 : AUTHOR(S) Alice M. Rojko, Warren A. Kimball, and Arthur J. Screpetis REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: Alan N. Cooperman, M.S., P.E. Russell A. Isaac, Ph.D., P.E. EnvironmentalEngineer VI Assistant Chief Engineer Supervisor, Office of Watershed Division of Water Pollution Management, North Grafton Control, Boston Digitized by the Internet Archive 2014 in https://archive.org/details/designatedoustanOOrojk_0 PREFACE This report is meant to expand upon and clarify the 1990 Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards (314 CMR 4.00). It provides a comprehensive listing of Outstanding Resource Waters (ORWs) by naming the tributaries to public water supplies, the ORWs within Areas of Critical Environmental Concern and the ORWs in other specially designated areas. This report also specifically indicates why a waterbody is an ORW. In concert with the triennial review of the Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards a Proposed List of ORWs is being developed. This list will present designations and/or reclassifications for waterbodies. Through the review and public hearing process a new listing of ORWs will then be generated and promulgated together with the 1993 Massachusetts Surface Water Quality Standards. TABLE OF CONTENTS ITEM PAGE Acknowledgements iv I . Introduction 1 II. Listing of Outstanding Resource Waters in River Basins and Coastal Drainage Areas of Massachusetts 5 Blackstone River Basin 6 Buzzards Bay Coastal Drainage Area 8 Cape Cod Coastal Drainage Area 9 Charles River Basin and Coastal Drainage Area 15 Chicopee River Basin 16 Concord River Basin 22 Connecticut River Basin 24 Deerfield River Basin 27 French River Basin 28 Hoosic River Basin 29 Housatonic River Basin 30 Ipswich River Basin and Coastal Drainage Area 32 Islands Coastal Drainage Area 33 Merrimack River Basin and Coastal Drainage Area 36 Millers River Basin 38 Mount Hope Bay Drainage Area 39 Mystic River Basin and Coastal Drainage Area 40 Nashua River Basin 41 North Shore Coastal Drainage Area 48 Parker River Basin and Coastal Drainage Area 50 Quinebaug River Basin 51 South Shore Coastal Drainage Area 52 Taunton River Basin 54 Ten Mile River Basin 56 westfield River Basin 57 Weymouth and Weir River Basins and Coastal Drainage Area 61 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) ITEM PAGE III. References 63 IV. Appendices A-0 Appendix A Numerical Index to Massachusetts U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Maps A-l Appendix B Alphabetical Listing of Designated ORW Rivers and Streams B-l Appendix C Alphabetical Listing of Designated ORW Lakes, Ponds, Reservoirs and Impoundments c-l Appendix D Alphabetical Listing of Designated ORW Marine and Coastal Waters D-l Appendix E - City and Town Index for Outstanding Resource Waters (ORWs) E-l iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following individuals provided support and contributed time and information to the preparation and completion of this report: Russell Isaac, Division of Water Pollution Control; Alan Cooperman and Robin O'Malley, Office of Watershed Management; Henry Barbaro and Richard Tomczyk, Division of Wetlands and Waterways; Mary Wheeler, Division of Water Supply; and Patricia Huckery, Massachusetts Natural Heritage Program. iv