More than 100 Clean Water Act violations alleged at Mass. Pepsi-product plant

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More than 100 Clean Water Act violations alleged at Mass. Pepsi-product plant

Alleging more than 100 violations of the federal Clean Water Act, the Conservation Law Foundation has noticed its intent to sue Patriot Beverages, a Pepsi-product manufacturing and bottling company operating a facility in Littleton. The environmental advocacy nonprofit claims Patriot Beverages’ wastewater and stormwater discharges are polluting Reedy Meadow Brook and Mill Pond — within the Merrimack River Watershed — with toxic chemicals and hea…