Lynnfield Signs Charter Agreement of the North Shore Water Resiliency Task Force

On September 28, Lynnfield and 17 other North Shore cities and towns, signed the first Charter Agreement of the North Shore Water Resiliency Task Force focused on protection of the Ipswich River Watershed.

Signers of the charter include the cities of Beverly, Lynn, Peabody and Salem and the towns of Andover, Boxford, Burlington, Danvers, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynnfield, Middleton, North Andover, North Reading, Reading, Topsfield, Wenham and Wilmington.

According to the Ipswich River Watershed Association, the agreement is a collaborative effort to improve water supply resilience AND ecosystem health in the watershed. It is the first time that every city and town and IRWA has agreed in writing on the need to address both issues equally and simultaneously. The Task Force is being led by Senator Bruce Tarr and convened by all 24 members of the State Legislative delegation that serve these communities, and is supported by 26 official stakeholder organizations.

For further details and quotes please click here to read the September 29 story as written by Paul Leighton of the The Salem News.