How Healthy is Your Water?
41.72845, -70.614033 41.724749, -70.609389 41.719299, -70.625118
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Back River
Three sampling stations: BR1, BR2, EP3
36
Eel Pond (Bourne)
Four sampling stations: EP1, EP1A, EP2, EP2A
69
Phinneys Harbor
Five sampling stations: PH2, PH3, PH4, PH5, PH6
Bay Health data is funded in part by the Massachusetts Environmental Trust.
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Working to Save Buzzards Bay

The Buzzards Bay Coalition is a membership-supported organization dedicated to improving the health of the Buzzards Bay ecosystem for all through education, conservation, research, and advocacy.

We work to protect clean water on the Bay and on the land: