Donate to Clean Up
Kings Beach
King's Beach has been one of the most polluted beaches in greater Boston for decades due to the natural flow of Stacey's Brook, which empties onto King's Beach, being infiltrated with residential sewage. In 2023, that meant that King's Beach was closed due to high bacterial content (💩) for 91% of the summer. This is not only a public health and environmental hazard, but it also means the functional loss of an incredible resource in our community.
In 2021, a grassroots group of Lynn and Swampscott citizens started Save King's Beach to hold the City of Lynn and Town of Swampscott accountable for fixing their outdated sewer pipes. Since then, we are proud to have grown from a backyard of concerned residents to over 1100 members.
Until now, Save King's Beach members have been covering operating and material costs out-of-pocket. We've bought caution tape, made signs for local events, and designed marketing materials used around our towns. With your donation, we are planning to use funds to cover these basic operating costs, begin hosting public rallies, and design and print branded marketing materials to spread awareness. Your donation to our group also signals to local officials that you *care* about this issue
Why Save King's Beach is Asking For Funding
Why isn't Save King's Beach using funding to fix the pipes?
Broken pipes and other delayed maintenance ("kicking the can down the road") are the responsibility of the Town of Swampscott and City of Lynn. These local governments should be urged to continue updating our 130-year old sewer infrastructure, but unfortunately, Save King's Beach cannot raise enough money for the millions of dollars it will cost to fix the pipes. Instead, our funds are best used applying pressure on governmental bodies who have access to millions of dollars required to fix the infrastructure to restore King's Beach.
