Wastewater Updates!
(CapeCod.com) New Mashpee Sewer System is Starting Soon
"Earlier this month, the town announced that property owners in the Phase 1 service area would soon receive an official Notice to Connect by mail.
Once received, homeowners were told that they had 90 days to complete their connection. Homeowners will be responsible for hiring a licensed contractor to complete the connection and properly abandon their existing septic system."
(Falmouth Enterprise) Contaminant Found In Groundwater Below Trotting Park Baseball Fields
"A toxic chemical, commonly used in dry cleaning, has been found in the groundwater under the Trotting Park baseball fields at a level five-times higher than the state’s Maximum Contaminant Level. The chemical, tetrachloroethene (PCE) was detected in one of six sampling wells below Field 1 at 27 micrograms per liter. The state’s maximum allowable limit is 5 micrograms per liter.
The fields were built over an old town dump and have been in use since 1977."
(The Cape Cod Chronicle) Harwich Voters Approve Sewers, Middle School Renovations
"The ponds have become impaired because groundwater leaches from septic tanks into the waters. With sewers, everything that gets flushed down the toilet would go to the Chatham wastewater treatment plant, said Frechette. She also said there is a need to protect town wells and drinking water downgradient of Great Sand Lakes."
(Provincetown Independent) New Analysis Suggests Prioritizing Septic Upgrades at Sites Nearest the Shore
"After a recent round of amendments, a strategy for removing nitrogen from the town’s wastewater over next 20 years — part of the Targeted Watershed Management Plan — seemed to be on the home stretch to approval by the select board on April 29. Then it would finally be on its way to the Mass. Environmental Policy Office for review and public comment.
That meeting didn’t quite go as planned. Still, Wellfleet may now be looking at an improved approach to meeting nitrogen reduction goals by prioritizing septic system upgrades near wetlands and coastal waters."
(Bourne Enterprise) Bourne Town Meeting Votes to Ban Nitrogen Fertilizer and Puts Plans Together for Funding a Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan
Article 1 on the Special Town Meeting warrant requested $200,000 to provide additional funding necessary to continue working on the town’s comprehensive wastewater management plan (CWMP) and to explore the option of seeking watershed permits from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. The article passed with a majority vote.
(Cape Cod Times) Mashpee Voters Fund a $2.5 million Mashpee Wakeby Cluster Wastewater Treatment Facility
"Community members also voted on whether to fund a $2.5 million Mashpee Wakeby cluster wastewater treatment facility under Article 11 on the special town meeting warrant, which passed. The project, according to the warrant, is the next step approved by the Sewer Commission and the Select Board in implementing the town's watershed nitrogen management plan and comprehensive wastewater management plan."
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