Summer Time Sewage: Maura Healey Gives Update
BOSTON β Standing on a dock that smelled like a regrettable decision, Gov. Maura Healey assured reporters Tuesday that the harbor is \"cleaner than it has been in decades.\"
The update came days after beach closures stretched from Quincy to Nahant, with bacteria counts that read like Celtics box scores.
Asked whether she would swim in it herself, the governor smiled and said she \"grew up swimming in these waters\" β before an aide noted her afternoon schedule was, regrettably, full.
State environmental officials say upgrades to the deer island treatment plant are ahead of schedule and under budget, a sentence that has never before been typed in Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, the charter fleet reports business is fine: \"People pay extra for the smell,\" one captain said. \"They think it means the fish are biting.\"
"Meanwhile, the charter fleet reports business is fine: \"People pay extra for the smell,\" one captain said."
The DPH will retest Thursday. Until then, officials recommend \"common sense,\" a resource in shorter supply than clean water.
Callers to the show split evenly between \"never swimming again\" and \"swam yesterday, felt great, glowing slightly.\"
The governor closed by announcing a task force. It will report back after Labor Day, when nobody wants to swim anyway.
