CIVE 3800-01: Engineering Boston

This 1992 article by Paul F. Levy and Michael Connor provides an overview of the sewage treatment technologies and costs related to the Harbor cleanup.

An examination of the complex construction management measures that were undertaken to keep the project on schedule in accordance with court decrees.

Describes how Boston Harbor went from the most heavily polluted to one of the cleanest waterways in the nation (8:37 min).

This 2018 article examines the environmental cleanup of Boston Harbor from an economic viewpoint.

Provides a tour of the Deer Island Wastewater Treatment plant, the nation's second-largest.

The investigation of an accident that caused the death of one worker, and injuries to two others. Highly illustrated with photos and project drawings.

A highly illustrated overview of the Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant and its role in cleaning up Boston Harbor.

An interview with author Neil Swidey on his book about the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two divers in the Boston Harbor Sewage Outfall Tunnel.

This video by author Neil Swidey,examines the cost in human lives of cleaning Boston Harbor.

In this Harvard Business Review article, Paul F. Levy examines the troubled organizational culture that led to the plant's closure in 1997.