This Volume documents the New England Division of the Corps of Engineers impact assessment effort as a part of the development of alternatives for the BH-EMMA study area. It shows how the study's Technical Subcommittee, consisting of representatives of the Massachusetts Division of Water Pollution Control, Metropolitan District Commission, Office of State Planning, Department of Public Health, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency and a Citizens Committee, considered both beneficial and adverse aesthetic, biological, hygienic and socio-economic impacts that would result from the various proposed alternatives for waste water management within the BH-EMMA study area.

This report is the final version of the socio-economic impact assessment component of the Boston Harbor - Eastern Massachusetts Metropolitan Area (EMMA) Wastewater Management Study. The main body of the report is organized into nine substantive chapters, corresponding to specific requirements contained in the contract Scope of Work: Socio-economic Conditions: Current and Projected; Land Use; Housing; Industrial Activity; Recreational Opportunity; Commercial Activity; Agriculture and Forestry; Municipal Finance; Employment and Income. (Author).