Desperation and a double bind for Quabbin towns

Desperation and a double bind for Quabbin towns

EPISODE INFO HOST: Jennifer Smith GUEST: Jordan Wolman THE COMMUNITIES THAT ring the Quabbin Reservoir have long found themselves in a double bind. They protect the state’s largest drinking water source, but don’t get to drink from it. And they’re barred from developing the land around it, but say they aren’t compensated enough to make that tradeoff fair. That tension has only grown with persistent drought. The Central Massachusetts region, wh…