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The State of the Neponset: Annual Water Quality Update, 2025 Results
March 10 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Morrill Memorial Library (Simoni Room), 33 Walpole Street, Norwood
How clean is the water in your town? Is it safe to swim in? Is it getting healthier or worse?
Join us in person or online to hear the answers to these questions and more!
Registration required:
- In person: Click here to register through the library’s online events calendar or call the library reference desk at 781-769-0200 x2
- Online via Zoom: Click here to register
NepRWA River Restoration Director Sean McCanty and Environmental Science Fellow Meher Khanna will discuss water quality conditions in the Neponset River, including recent data and long-term trends for the River, its streams, and ponds.
This is a FREE public event, and light refreshments will be served. Registration required for planning purposes.
The evening will also feature a guest talk by environmental scientist Ryan O’Donnell, titled “But Can I Swim in It? Communicating Water Quality Successfully.”
Ryan will share practical ways to communicate water quality information to general audiences, highlighting the newly redesigned Connecticut River Conservancy website, Is It Clean, as an example of how complex data can be turned into clear, useful, and actionable information.
About the Guest Speaker
Ryan O’Donnell, former Connecticut River Conservancy Monitoring Program Manager, is a classically trained guitarist turned environmental scientist with over a decade of experience coordinating volunteer water quality monitoring programs across the Connecticut River Watershed.
He holds an M.S. in Sustainability Sciences and a B.S. in Geology from UMass Amherst, and a B.A. in Classical Guitar Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University.
For any questions, please email NepRWA Environmental Science Fellow, Meher Khanna, at khanna@neponset.org
