1979Gloucester enters into a consent degree for violating the Clean Water ActGovernment and Public Service, Location and Setting, City Government, Environment

Gloucester was sued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Massachusetts State Department of Environmental Protection for discharging untreated sewage into the harbor. The decree obligated the city to construct a wastewater treatment plant, construct collection networks for the plant for failing septic systems, find a solution to combined sewer overflows, and construct an extended outfall to Massachusetts Bay.

Environmental Protection Agency, "Interviews with Local Government Officials: Gaining Public Support for Water Infrastructure Costs, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Bruce Tobey." August 2006. https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2016-01/documents/casestudy_si_gloucester-massachusetts.pdf

Other Events

1978
The Cape Ann Food Pantry was founded.
1978
Motif No. 1 was rebuilt after the Blizzard of '78.
1979
The Massachusetts Audobon Society opened an office in Gloucester, which was called Resources for Cape Ann. This was the first office outside of its Lincoln headquarters.
1979
Trinity Congregational Church was destroyed by a fire.

1979Gloucester enters into a consent degree for violating the Clean Water ActGovernment and Public Service, Location and Setting, City Government, Environment

Other Events

The Cape Ann Food Pantry was founded.

Motif No. 1 was rebuilt after the Blizzard of '78.

The Massachusetts Audobon Society opened an office in Gloucester, which was called Resources for Cape Ann. This was the first office outside of its Lincoln headquarters.

Trinity Congregational Church was destroyed by a fire.