How Healthy is Your Water?
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In Westport, the Coalition tracks the health of the two branches of the Westport Rivers: the West Branch and the East Branch. Baywatchers volunteers take water samples at 27 stations from the Head of Westport to the Westport River inlet.

The Buzzards Bay Coalition does not calculate a Bay Health Index score for Richmond Pond because it is a freshwater location. The Bay Health Index is only used to measure the health of coastal waters, including harbors, coves, and tidal rivers.

 

Richmond Pond
One sampling station: RPW1
Westport River
Six subembayments: Westport River Inlet, Westport River, East Branch – Fresh, Westport River, Inner East Branch, Westport River, Outer East Branch, Westport River, Upper East Branch, Westport River, West Branch
Bay Health data is funded in part by the Massachusetts Environmental Trust.
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Help the Buzzards Bay Coalition keep an eye on the health of the water in your community. Become a Baywatcher, and you can volunteer as a "citizen scientist" on the water this summer.

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Top Stories in Westport

BBC secures funds for towns to restore wetlands, while making roads more resilient to flooding

The Buzzards Bay Coalition has been working closely with area towns to identify high-priority culverts, both on freshwater and tidal streams, that need replacement; replacing these with properly sized structures can make roadways less prone to flooding, and would also foster many ecological benefits. 

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BBC to pilot programs for New Bedford Public School students aboard Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey

Massachusetts Maritime Academy partnership will offer Programming to New Bedford Public Schools aboard the Schooner SSV Ernestina-Morrissey

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Coalition supports critical sewer project in Westport

The single most important thing our Westport members can do to help the Westport River this year is Vote YES on Question 1 at the April 9th local election.

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Working to Save Buzzards Bay

The Buzzards Bay Coalition is a membership-supported organization dedicated to improving the health of the Buzzards Bay ecosystem for all through education, conservation, research, and advocacy.

We work to protect clean water on the Bay and on the land: