{"id":10216,"date":"2021-10-12T13:11:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T18:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/?p=10216"},"modified":"2021-10-12T13:11:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T18:11:31","slug":"water-level-lowered-in-stearns-reservoir-framingham-reservoir-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2021\/10\/12\/general-interest\/water-level-lowered-in-stearns-reservoir-framingham-reservoir-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Level Lowered in Stearns Reservoir, (Framingham Reservoir #1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FRAMINGHAM, MA<\/strong> --  Beginning in early October (2021) and continuing for approximately four to six weeks, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority<br>(MWRA) will commence a drawdown of Framingham Reservoir No. 1, (also known as Stearns Reservoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The water level is being lowered to accommodate work on a new operations and emergency-use only boat ramp located at Salem End Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/resevoir_number_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10219\" width=\"605\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/resevoir_number_1.jpg 737w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/resevoir_number_1-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/resevoir_number_1-128x150.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/resevoir_number_1-300x353.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Framingham's Reservoir No. 1 is located roughly between Badger Road and Winter Street to the east and west, and by Worcester Road (Route 9), and Waverley Street (Rt. 135) to the north and south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents should can expect a significant drop in the water levels of the reservoir for an extended period of time. The drawdown and lowered water levels are expected to last until early to mid-November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information, contact:   Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Massachusetts, Olivia Dorrance, phone: (617) 626-4967, or email to: Olivia.K.Dorrance@mass.gov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRAMINGHAM, MA &#8212; Beginning in early October (2021) and continuing for approximately four to six weeks, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority(MWRA) will commence a drawdown of Framingham Reservoir No. 1, (also known as Stearns Reservoir. The water level is being lowered to accommodate work on a new operations&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2021\/10\/12\/general-interest\/water-level-lowered-in-stearns-reservoir-framingham-reservoir-1\/\">[read more]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[2369,4885,852,4884,2639,4883],"class_list":["post-10216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-interest","tag-boat-launch","tag-boat-ramp","tag-mwra","tag-reservoir-1","tag-salem-end-road","tag-stearns-reservoir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10216"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10220,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10216\/revisions\/10220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}