Research snapshot · Water · 31 August 2026

Stormwater management in Massachusetts: 37 towns on the record, the pace easing

This page is a snapshot, cut 31 August 2026, of a topic that moves. Below is the shape of the movement, read from the towns' own meeting records, and the way to get a view of it that stays current.

Already a well-mapped Known topic. NPDES and water resource management merged in.Our definition of the class, 29 August 2026.

Snapshot taken 31 August 2026, based on 60 dated municipal records flagged as stormwater management in Massachusetts, spanning 37 municipalities. The topic moves; a later cut supersedes this page.

What this page is for one topic at state or national scope, told as a story: how it arrived, the shape of its movement, a dated snapshot of a moving record, and the door to a view of it that stays current. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

The story so far

The record starts in Shrewsbury, 19 February 2019. Since then 37 Massachusetts towns have put the topic on a meeting record, the newest of them Acton on 4 August 2026.

The last 90 days put 6 meetings on the record, well down from 22 in the 90 days before.

It runs through the rooms where budgets and ordinances are made: Conservation Commission, Select Board and Planning Board.

The shape of the movement

Dated meetings on the record at this scope, quarter by quarter, and the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number. Counts of documents, never a reading of what they decided.
QuarterMeetingsTowns
Sep 2025 to Nov 202543
Dec 2025 to Feb 20261510
Mar 2026 to May 20262318
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 (current)65

a rolling 90-day total, so the right-hand point is that same 90-day count. The busiest stretch was Mar 2026 to May 2026, with 23 meetings.

The towns on the record37, earliest first

Every Massachusetts town carrying the topic, the earliest first, each with its latest document.
Shrewsburyearliest 2019-02-19 · 2 meetings · latest 2025-05-01 · the document All In Shrewsbury Blog Series: May 2025 - Sustainable Landscaping Tips
Graftonearliest 2022-07-01 · 1 meeting · latest 2022-07-01 · a report Week Ending July 1, 2022 (PDF)
Franklinearliest 2023-01-18 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-05-20 · the agenda Notice of Public Hearings - FY27 Proposed Budget
Andoverearliest 2023-03-13 · 2 meetings · latest 2023-12-11 · the agenda 2023-12-11 Meeting Packet
Winthropearliest 2025-01-07 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-01-07 · the posted document TM REPORT.1-7-25
Marshfieldearliest 2025-01-21 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-01-21 · the minutes Select Board — Minutes 1-21-25
Billericaearliest 2025-06-06 · 5 meetings · latest 2026-01-21 · the document Applicant Response to Department Reviews (1/28/2026)
Norwellearliest 2025-08-13 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-03-05 · the minutes Advisory Board — AB Minutes 03-05-26
State of MAearliest 2025-09-08 · 2 meetings · latest 2025-10-24 · the document H4086: Relative to a three year study for stormwater engineering to protect habitats along state highways
Chelmsfordearliest 2025-09-17 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-09-17 · the agenda Clean Energy and Sustainability (CEAS)
Sandwichearliest 2025-11-17 · 1 meeting · latest 2025-11-17 · the document Special Town Meeting Warrant November 17, 2025
Cantonearliest 2026-01-12 · 4 meetings · latest 2026-03-03 · the agenda Select Board Meeting
Acushnetearliest 2026-01-20 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-05-13 · the agenda AgendaCenter agenda
Auburnearliest 2026-01-28 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-02-19 · the agenda Zoning Board of Appeals - Canceled
Pepperellearliest 2026-01-28 · 2 meetings · latest 2026-03-12 · the minutes Minutes — Select Board

And 22 more towns on the record, in an account view.

From the record

The most recent documents behind this page, one per town. Each link opens the town's own file.

5 August 2026 · Lunenburg

the agenda, on the town's own site Agenda — 2026-08-05

4 August 2026 · Acton Water Resources Advisory Committee

the agenda, on the town's own site Water Resources Advisory Committee - Revised Agenda — Agenda

27 July 2026 · Mansfield

the agenda, on the town's own site AgendaCenter agenda

25 June 2026 · Cohasset

the agenda, on the town's own site AgendaCenter agenda

Companies on this record136 companies, 48 documents

Named in the same documents that carry this topic, read from the record itself: the firms designing, building and advising the work, each with where the record places them:
AECOMGrafton, Wareham
ComcastFranklin, Mansfield
MIIAPepperell, Winthrop
MWRACanton, Natick
StantecSandwich, Wareham
TEC, Inc.Billerica, Littleton
VerizonFranklin, Mansfield
Allen & Major Associates, Inc.Billerica
Goddard ConsultingBillerica
Admin. Assistant to Town AdministratorMilford
Administrative Services CoordinatorMilford
Advanced Drainage SystemsGrafton
Advantage HVACGrafton
AES CorporationGrafton
AHS Environmental ClubAshland
AirgasGrafton
AllieGrafton
AmazonGrafton
American Water WorksGrafton
Animal Control OfficeMilford
Assistant Animal Control OfficerMilford
Assistant Director of Public HealthMilford
Assistant Director Youth CenterMilford
Assistant Health Agent PTMilford
Assistant Plumbing/Gas InspectorMilford
Assistant to Police ChiefMilford
Assistant Zoning Enforcement Officer PT/FTMilford
AT&TGrafton
Atlantic Design Engineers, Inc.Acushnet
B. Scott MillerSwampscott

And 106 more companies.

The documents naming each, and the threads they sit in, are the account view. If one of these is you, those are your projects on the record. Ask and we will show you every one, and the towns around them, as they move.

A snapshot of a moving record

Everything above is frozen at 31 August 2026; the topic is not. 109 more events on this topic carry no usable date and are counted, never dated. The counts follow where we read most: a town or a state absent here was not read at depth, and absence is not evidence the topic is absent there. A lighter-read state is not a ceiling; where you care about a region, pointing the system there is the first thing an account changes. How coverage is built, and its known limits: municipalalpha.com/methodology.

How we can tell you about it ongoing

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Stormwater management, Massachusetts

from the towns' own meeting records

Scope

Massachusetts

every topic this state carries

Area

Water

every topic in this area

Towns on the record

37

with a dated document on this topic

Earliest

19 February 2019

the documents' dates

Meetings, last 90 days

6 against 22 before

dated documents

Snapshot cut

31 August 2026

this page's date

A view that stays current

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