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Category: What We Do At BCWC

Plovers & Terns

Piping plovers Cape Cod is home to numerous shorebirds throughout the summer, one of which being the piping plover. Piping plovers are a small, gray shorebird with an orange bill and black ring around the neck. When not foraging along the wrack line for invertebrates or protecting their chicks, these plovers spend their winters down […]

Algal Blooms

In our last post, we discussed the cause of our algal blooms and associated water quality problems here on the Cape (if you haven’t read it yet, go here!). Today we will be diving into their human and ecological impacts. In both freshwater and saltwater, the impacts are due to toxins being released into the […]

Nutrient Overload 101

Barnstable Clean Water Coalition has been working to improve local water quality. But why are such efforts necessary? For both fresh and saltwater, the main problem is excess nutrients, more specifically nitrogen and phosphorus. Their existence is not a problem. In fact, nitrogen and phosphorus are keys  to a healthy aquatic ecosystem. Issues arise, however, […]

National Water Quality Month: How You Can Make A Difference

Here are a number of important ways that you can help do your part in keeping our water clean. Eliminate or reduce fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides on your lawns and gardens. Lawn chemicals are not good for the environment and flow into our waterways.  Use eco-friendly products that are organic and low in nitrogen. Mow […]

Meet one of our Partners: Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center

Barnstable Clean Water Coalition (BCWC) works to restore and preserve clean water throughout Barnstable and is preparing to launch a pilot project to test alternative septic systems. Many partners are involved in our very important work to improve water quality on Cape Cod including the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center (MASSTC), located in Sandwich […]

Welcome to the Living Laboratory: Come Learn with Us

Since March, everyone has found creative ways to stay connected.  Students of all ages learned how to do remote learning with their teachers.  Zoom and FaceTime became every day communication tools to meet with business colleagues, family and friends.  Here at the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition we are also learning to adapt, and one way […]