Restoring Oysters to Improve Boston Harbor Water Quality

The Massachusetts Oyster Project For Clean Water Restoring oysters to their natural range to improve harbor water quality July 18, 2008 A Local Non-Profit Effort to Improve Harbor Water Quality Through The Introduction of Oysters via Surface Disbursal

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Oyster Demise ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Oyster Benefits ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Crassostrea Virginica

Oyster Habitat ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Oyster reefs are the coral reefs of the North.

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2. Oysters can triple the number of Fish! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

3. Oysters can help improve water quality. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Treating wastewater can only do so much.

There still is considerable CSO flow entering the harbor. Source: MWRA Recommended CSO Control Plan and Report 2005

Oysters may be able to help reduce Boston beach postings. Source: Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Environmental Health Environmental Toxicology Program Marine and FreshwaterBeach Testing in Massachusetts Annual Report2006 Season

Plan 2008 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],DONE

Plan 2008 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Disperse Oysters Here Direction of Current DONE

Placement Event Media Coverage ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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MOP Web-site Activity We are now getting 20 hits a day!

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Proposed Plan 2009 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Phase II ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Questions Every day we are filtering 2.2 million gallons of harbor water!

Restoring Oysters to Improve Boston Harbor Water Quality

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