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CRWA Daily Water Quality Flag Colors

The Water Quality Notification Program has ended for the Summer 2012 Season and will resume in July 2013.

Click here to sign up to receive daily flag color notifications for the Summer 2013 season. Click on the links below to view water quality data

 

1. Newton Yacht Club

7. Riverside Boat Club

2. Community Rowing

8. Charles River Yacht Club

3. Watertown Yacht Club

9. Union Boat Club

4. Northeastern Boathouse

10. Charles River Canoe & Kayak at Kendall Square

5. Charles River Canoe & Kayak at Herter Park

11. Community Boating, Inc.

6. Harvard's Weld Boathouse

12. Access Sport America at Spaulding Dock

 

Charles River Watershed Association's Water Quality Notification Program presents the daily flag colors of the river's health, which signify whether or not the river is safe for boating at twelve boating locations from Watertown to Boston. Water quality flag colors are updated each weekday from early July through mid-October. 

 

blue flag

 A blue flag indicates safe boating conditions.     

yellow flag

 A yellow flag indicates inconclusive data to predict possible health risks.

 

red flag

 A red flag indicates likely health risks.

 

 

 

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