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Boston does not have a Water Disaster Department

By adamg - 3/29/10 - 12:13 pm

District D-14 is trying to get the word out, after an elderly couple in Allston/Brighton let in a guy wearing a "Water Disaster Department" on March 27. While they were down in the basement "testing" the washing machine, an accomplice went through their house looking for money - and managed to pry open a safe.

D-14 reports another Brighton homeowner was robbed in a similar fashion the same day by three guys who claimed they were from the Water Department and had to check his basement for flooding.

Fake BWSC workers ransacking Hyde Park homes after cutting phone lines

By adamg - 3/12/10 - 1:12 pm

District E-18 reports the fake water workers who'd been knocking on doors in Roslindale have moved south, getting themselves invited into homes by claiming to be water workers who need to inspect pipes:

While the resident leads one of the team to the basement, the others in the team will go throughout the residence and ransack bedroom areas of valuables. They even sometimes cut the telephone line so the resident cannot access 911 Emergency.

Fake BWSC scammers at work in Roslindale again

By adamg - 2/25/10 - 8:24 pm

Boston Police report men pretending to work for the Boston Water and Sewer Commission are cruising the parkways once more, looking for homeowners who will let them inside so they can burglarize their houses.

Police report that around 2 p.m. on Monday, four white guys between 30 and 50 approached a resident of Walworth Street in Roslindale, said they worked for the water department and needed to check the water due to a water-main break. "When the suspects entered the residence they cut the phone lines and removed $1,500 from the home."

Conservation group sues Boston over storm runoff into local rivers, Boston Harbor

By adamg - 2/13/10 - 10:43 am

The Conservation Law Foundation yesterday formally accused the city of failing to stop high levels of bacteria, oil and dissolved metals and chemicals pour into Boston Harbor through its 201 "outfall" pipes that collect road runoff from nearly 20,000 catch basins - and from the neighboring town of Brookline.

Flood victims in the South End

By adamg - 11/4/09 - 7:43 pm

The South End News reports on a couple and their three children, routed from their 36 Claremont Park basement apartment by five feet of water from a burst BWSC pipe "thrashing almost everything in its path" and leaving them homeless - and, they say, with no help from the city.

Not loving the dirty water

By karenz - 10/29/09 - 3:24 pm

Anyone else getting this yellow-brown tinged water in their homes? We got some yesterday and it's still here today. I'd worry that it was something with our building in Jamaica Plain but I got the same creepy water yesterday at work in Brighton. I'm assuming (hoping) the water is still safe to drink and a result of the rain or something else seasonal that is going on. Any ideas or suggestions?

When National Grid, BWSC, Boston Police and the Mayor's Hotline all conspire to suck

By adamg - 10/8/09 - 10:45 pm

Just be glad you haven't lived on eeka's block the past two months.

BWSC scammers strike again, this time in Charlestown

By adamg - 6/24/09 - 9:55 am

Boston Police report a resident of St. Martin Street was robbed on Tuesday afternoon by guy claiming to be a Boston Water and Sewer Commission worker and an accomplice who rifled through his stuff while the faux worker "tested" whether the man's water was working.

I hate that dirty water in West Roxbury

By newchristine - 5/18/09 - 12:30 pm

Anybody having a problem with rusty water in West Roxbury? I'm in the "bird streets" area....and I've been GIVEN the bird...BWSC says they are blameless, along with the Public Works Dept....however, a fire hydrant that was flushed recently on my street had very rusty water....where do you go after both depts. virtually tell you not to bother them anymore?

They could rename the area Downtown Flooding

By adamg - 4/19/09 - 9:32 am

Early-morning flood at Washington and Lafayette; be sure to check out Channel 4's artist's rendition of what the area looks like, then click to Channel 5 for actual photos.

Don't confuse the real BWSC workers in Rozzie, Westie with the fake BWSC robbers

By adamg - 4/17/09 - 11:26 am

Barely two weeks after Boston Police began warning of robberies by fake BWSC workers in Roslindale and Hyde Park, Boston Police inform us that real BWSC contractors will be out in the area looking for illegal connections to storm drains.

Real deal: BWSC stylePolice say the real workers will carry photo IDs with the Commission logo and the logo of the firms they work for: CH2MHILL, Stacey DePasquale Engineering and National Water Main Cleaning. Police add:

This program will include inspection of storm drain outfalls and manholes in the street. If evidence of sewage is found in a storm drain, the sewer service connections to buildings adjacent to the storm drain will be dye tested. If this testing needs to be done, owners and occupants of the buildings will be notified.

And police continue that if somebody asks to check your pipes, call 911 and have an officer come down and have a chat with him first.

Bogus BWSC workers on the prowl in Roslindale

By adamg - 4/6/09 - 10:14 pm

Boston Police report a trio of robbers with a fake "Boston Water Department" badge ganged up on one elderly couple in Roslindale today:

What a gas: Utility wants $5 million from city for downtown gas mess

By adamg - 5/1/08 - 7:28 pm

National Grid to dun city for damage to its gas mains after the water-main break earlier this week.

The main thing

By adamg - 4/28/08 - 9:14 am

Nothing like a good water/gas issue downtown on a Monday morning:

Utility thugs on the loose

By adamg - 5/25/07 - 10:44 am

Mike Ball harrumphs over the endless procession of workers from NStar, Keyspan and the Boston Water and Sewer Commission who are forever ripping up his street:

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