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Environment
Misleading Soil Quality Map from Woodard & Curran
Is there anything unusual about the soil in West Acton? A map shown by Joseph Shea, Senior Vice President, and Jack Troidl, Project...
Septic Systems: Better for the Environment, for Everyone
Septic systems have many advantages. First, they allow drinking water drawn from Acton's ground water to return to the local watershed....
Septic Fail Rate
Is the rate of septic system failure in West Acton higher or lower than average? To answer this question, we looked at Title V septic...
Water Quality
Measures of nitrates and fecal bacteria can indicate untreated septic discharge in surface and ground water. The plots below show these...
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