Berkshire Regional Planning is working with the Town of Clarksburg and the Briggsville Water District as they upgrade water lines to become more climate resilient from drought and flooding. The project includes engineering a new water tank relocated out of the floodplain, improved and if possible relocated water lines out of the flood plain, and increased size to be resilient against drought conditions. BRPC is supporting by providing outreach services and grant administration guidance.
Briggsville Water District – Land Acquisition
Briggsville Water District has been awarded funds through an MVP grant to enhance climate resilience of their drinking water source. They are using this project to acquire land uphill of the current well in order to relocate water storage outside the floodplain. This will also allow them to increase tank storage and update tank monitoring systems to manage water quality and increase drought resilience. The rest of the parcel will be used for open space.
Clarksburg Drinking Water Grant Assistance
BRPC is helping assist the Briggsville Water District, which supplies drinking water to 10% of Clarksburg, MA, in identifying and developing grant applications to make necessary upgrades to the Red Springs water supply infrastructure.
Stormwater Management Support – Adams
Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) will provide professional planning assistance to the Town of Adams to maintain compliance with the NPDES Phase II MS4 General Permit.
Undergraduate Internship Stormwater System Mapping Intern
The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) Energy & Environmental Program is seeking an undergraduate student interested in municipal infrastructure and stormwater management. This project is in support of the town Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) General Permit requirements.
Graduate Internship Stormwater System Mapping
The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) Energy & Environmental Program is seeking a second-year graduate student interested in municipal infrastructure and stormwater management. This project is in support of town Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) General Permit requirements.
Stormwater Management Assistance – Cheshire
Berkshire Regional Planning Commission is assisting the Town of Cheshire stay in compliance with the Phase II NPDES MS4 General Permit, which regulates stormwater runoff in the urbanized area of Cheshire.
Water and Sewer Funding Workshop
Funding Municipal Water & Sewer Infrastructure in Small Towns: A Discussion with MVP, MassWorks, and MEMA
The session will focus primarily on the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program, MassWorks Infrastructure Program, and the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program.
Stormwater Management Support – Lanesborough
The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) will provide professional planning assistance to the Town of Lanesborough to maintain compliance with the NPDES Phase II MS4 General Permit.
Stockbridge Bowl Watershed Survey 2012
As part of the Stockbridge Bowl Management Project (2009-2012), BRPC drafted this report in an effort to identify and begin to address nonpoint pollution sources in the Stockbridge Bowl Watershed. Due to the size of the report, it has been divided and posted in four sections.
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Stockbridge Bowl Watershed Survey Appendix_C