Got an update from the Broad and they feel confident now that there is no crosstalk between Cambridge and Boston water supplies. Sorry for the false alarm!
Off topic, but I thought this was the most appropriate thread. I just got a place in Somerville (lucky me ;-)). Are there any cool events around where you can meet people and make friends?
Meetup.com is great for this. I'd also recommend being active on twitter; plenty of events spread through there. Use http://search.twitter.com if you need a starting point. Check out http://greenhornconnect.com/ 's events section for startup-related stuff.
Totally OT, but Willoughby and Baltic seems dead to me. I live a block from there and I just go to Sprout. Its generally free, great people and a really friendly environment.
I just went by both locations I found online, Elm St and Joy St, and both are abandoned. Nobody answers the phone or returns my messages. I just wanted to check out their MakerBot CNC, but I guess I'm out of luck and they are, too. Very sad.
They moved out of the Elm Street building a year ago, but I thought it was because the Joy Street building was awesome. It looks like the main organizer, Meredith, moved away, and the place died.
Well, I can confirm that at least Sprout is alive and kicking.
My impression is that it's common mainly among undergrads. That also seems to be the case at CMU, though my knowledge is only second-hand in both cases.
Yeah, though people have made better user interfaces for it. The particular space between Twitter and IM that it sits in doesn't seem to have been colonized by anything better yet.
EDIT: Though I'm sure there are people here who'd be happy to try :)
I wonder why Cambridge (where I live) is not listed? The surrounding towns are.
edit: according to http://www.mwra.com/02org/html/whatis.htm, Cambridge receives full sewer, but only "emergency backup" water from the MWRA.
edit2: a commenter at http://www.wbur.org/2010/05/01/water-main-break/comment-page... says Cambridge gets its water from Fresh Pond.