HOUSE . . . . . . . No. 4967
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, July 31, 2024.
The committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Bill
providing for improvements to the metropolitan water supply system
(House, No. 4861), reports recommending that the same ought to pass
with an amendment substituting therefor the accompanying bill (House,
No. 4967).
For the committee,
AARON MICHLEWITZ. 1 of 2
FILED ON: 7/31/2024
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4967
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act providing for improvements to the metropolitan water supply system.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Chapter 179 of the acts of 1997 is hereby amended by striking out section 7
2and inserting in place thereof the following section:-
3 Section 7. The land identified in sections 2 and 3 shall be used by the Massachusetts
4Water Resources Authority solely for the construction of: (a) the Norumbega reservoir covered
5water storage tank and associated piping, valves and appurtenances for connecting the water tank
6to the water system; or (b) a solar photovoltaic system, with or without an energy storage system,
7along with such other equipment and appurtenances necessary for interconnecting said system or
8systems to the electric grid in the commonwealth. In the event that the Massachusetts Water
9Resources Authority no longer uses the land described in sections 2 and 3 for the purposes
10described herein, the land shall revert to its prior status as conservation land. No portion of the
11land shall be used for the construction of a water disinfection facility, so-called. Nothing herein
12shall preclude the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority from using said land for wetlands
13replication. 2 of 2
14 SECTION 2. Within 60 days of the effective date of this act, the Massachusetts Water
15Resources Authority shall record a certificate reflecting the amendment to chapter 179 of the acts
16of 1997 in the Middlesex south registry of deeds. The certificate shall supplement the existing
17certificate recorded with the Middlesex south registry of deeds in book 27996, page 568. The
18certificate shall be signed by said authority's executive director before a notary public,
19confirming that as of the date of enactment hereof, the authority remains the owner of record of
20the parcel of land described in sections 2 and 3 of chapter 179 of the acts of 1997. A copy of this
21act shall be recorded as an attachment to the certificate.