The water is clearing up, but people should limit activities on both rivers until Friday if possible.
Public health alerts have been issued for parts of Massachusetts' Mystic River and Charles River because of Tuesday's very wet weather.
Sewage was discharged into the waterways during the downpours. The release is common during heavy rains to keep contaminated water from getting into homes, businesses and streets, but it does make the rivers' water unhealthy. "In one hour, we got enough rain — that pretty much only happens once every 25 years at that intensity — and so our systems aren't designed to handle that water and sewage at the same time," said Patrick Herron, executive director of the Mystic River Watershed Association.
For more than two hours, a combination of rain and contaminated effluence was discharged directly into the Mystic River. It happened along the Charles near Magazine Beach in Cambridge, as well.
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