Amesbury Weir Repairs

The Amesbury News reports that Amesbury residents are appealing a recent Department of Environmental Protection ruling which would allow the city to repair an aging weir on the Powow River near Newton Road in Amesbury.  The DEP ruling allowed the city to begin repairing the more than 50-plus-year-old weir, which helps supply the Amesbury residents with fresh drinking water from the Powow River.

The weir is used to ensure that the river reaches a certain height so that water can be drawn into the city’s intake pipes and into the water treatment plant.  Currently, the Powow River supplies roughly 3 million gallons of water per day – improvements could add an extra 1 million galloons per day. If the weir were to fail, that number would be cut to 1 million or 2 million gallons a day and lead to several water shortages.

Read the entire Amesbury News article.