Water When Is Enough Not Enough? March 21, 2011

Massachusetts is blessed with relatively abundant precipitation, leading many residents to the erroneous belief that there's plenty of "surplus" water available for human consumption at any time and for any purpose. Russ Cohen of the Massachusetts Department of Ecological Restoration will clue you in to why our water supply is not sufficient to support our ecosystem, how human activities both historically and today adversely affect our river and stream systems, and offer potential solutions to mitigate negative effects.