ENVIRONMENT

A state hearing brought fierce opposition from western Mass. residents and lawmakers, who object to the Massachusetts Water Authority's recent request for more water from the Quabbin Reservoir. The agency wants to take 20 million more gallons a day, on top of the 200 million it already gets, mostly to serve eastern Massachusetts communities.

We visit Fern Valley Farm, learn about Jacob's Pillow's fall season, and explore Mass. water supply politics and the Quabbin Reservoir.

We learn about this year's Northampton Jazz Festival, visit Agudelo Farm and Apiary in Holyoke, and check in with the Word Nerd.

We learn about the Source to Sea Cleanup for the Connecticut River, speak with James Warwick, director of "The Norwegians" at Shakespeare and company, and learn about the Lenox Wine Festival at Dare Bottleshop and Provisions.

As eastern Massachusetts officials ask for more water from the Quabbin Reservoir in western Mass., the state's Interbasin Transfer Act stipulates applications need to spell out which communities will receiving the water, why they need it and whether other options been explored. At the moment says Mass. state Representative Aaron Saunders (D-Belchertown), those answers are not in the MWRA's application.

The eighth annual benefit concert, founded by Signature Sounds, takes place at the 700-acre wildlife sanctuary on Saturday August 29.

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss negative health impacts around the 413, the newly reopened Berkshire Museum and the upcoming congressional elections.

A federal state voucher program is weighted to benefit private schools, communities receive $100 million in natural gas investments from utilities companies despite moving away from fossil fuels, Berkshire County loses another dairy farm, and South Hadley considers lifting a ban on marijuana establishments.

UMass Amherst will be among the first public universities in the country to have an electric-powered heat pump installed on its campus.

We review alleged inequities regarding the Quabbin Reservoir, the ongoing controversy with the planned Hampden County courthouse and much more.