AMEND Analysis Posts

The Archive of Massachusetts ENvironmental Data website publishes analyses on a variety of policy topics based on data in the AMEND Database. These analyses explore salient topics related to the quality and regulation of Massachusetts waters and also serve as tutorials and illustrations for how to use the AMEND Database. Each analysis post listed below draws directly from this database and the open source scripts underlying those analyses are available in the AMEND repository.

Policy Analysis

• The first year of data from MA's new sewage pollution notification system.
• Revisiting the environmental justice implications of CSOs with 2022 data
• Environmental justice implications of CSO outfall distribution
• Changes in Enforcement by MA Department of Environmental Protection Over Time
• Staff Changes at the MADEP Over Time

Supporting Information

• Modeling diagnostics for "The first year of data from MA's new sewage pollution notification system"
• Modeling diagnostics for "Revisiting the environmental justice implications of CSOs with 2022 data"
• Data analysis methodology for "Environmental justice implications of CSO outfall distribution"