One of the biggest selling points for Deer Island is its wastewater treatment plant, which services 43 communities in the region. It’s no joke: Learn the nuts and bolts and god knows what else of dealing with your detritus (actually pretty cool if you’re into urban planning and such). Below is a how-it’s-done diagram from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, which manages the island.
If you find this disgusting, Deer Island has a much nastier history: It was an internment camp for Native Americans and then, several decades later, a holding pen for Irish immigrants. That’s all history, of course. Now, it’s all about wastewater as well as jogging, biking, hiking, rollerblading, dog walking (leash, please), picnicking and fishing.
· Website: Deer Island [Harbor Islands Partnership]
· Our Outdoors Week 2014 archive [Curbed Boston]
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