Flushing toilets on Cape Cod: Report shows waters increasingly polluted (2/22/23)
Flushing toilets on Cape Cod: Report shows waters increasingly polluted Cape Cod Times By: Heather McCarron February 22, 2023 At one time, shellfishing was plentiful and diverse in Hen Cove Harbor on Buzzards Bay in Bourne. But that’s changed over time with an overall decline in water quality because of high concentrations of nutrients — mostly from septic systems […]
Private well owners stuck with costs to treat ‘forever chemicals’ (2/15/23)
Private well owners stuck with costs to treat ‘forever chemicals’February 15, 2023Barbara MoranWBUR Bill Wachur thought he was just being cautious when he decided to test his well water for PFAS. His home in Stow, Massachusetts, was nowhere near the town’s old fire station or the former mill — sites where the toxic chemicals had seeped […]
Cape Cod’S Evolving Wastewater Crisis: Facing Reality and Finding Solutions (2/14/23)
Town of Barnstable Community Health Newsletter Winter Edition
Discover Barnstable Podcast on Forever Chemicals
Discover Barnstable Podcast: Season 3 Episode 2 is on Forever Chemicals Click here to check out this episode.
A Toxic Stew on Cape Cod: Human Waste and Warming Water (1/1/23)
A Toxic Stew on Cape Cod: Human Waste and Warming Water Climate change is contributing to electric-green algae blooms. Massachusetts wants a cleanup of the antiquated septic systems feeding the mess, but it could cost billions. The New York Times Christopher Flavelle Jan 1 2023 Flavelle spent time on Cape Cod with residents, officials and […]
BCWC Featured on WXTK (12/11/22)
BCWC’s Executive Director Zee Crocker was on the Pat Desmarais Show on WXTK talking about MassDEP’s proposed regulations and other topics related to wastewater management on Cape Cod. The Pat Desmarais Show – WXTK
Mass. residents express concerns about cost and feasibility of proposed septic regulations (12/5/22)
Mass. residents express concerns about cost and feasibility of proposed septic regulations wbur December 5, 2022 Barbara Moran Installing a nitrogen-filtering septic system. (Courtesy Barnstable Clean Water Coalition) Massachusetts residents are expressing concerns about the cost, feasibility and fairness of proposed environmental regulations that could require thousands of homeowners to replace or upgrade their septic systems […]
Thousands of Cape Cod homeowners may need to replace septic systems under new state regulations (11/28/22)
Thousands of Cape Cod homeowners may need to replace septic systems under new state regulations WBUR November 28, 2022 Barbara Moran Thousands of Cape Cod homeowners may need to replace septic systems under new state regulations – WBUR
New Evidence Shows Pesticides Contain PFAS, and the Scale of Contamination Is Unknown (11/7/22)
New Evidence Shows Pesticides Contain PFAS, and the Scale of Contamination Is Unknown Civil Eats Lisa Held November 7, 2022 The EPA knows that plastic containers are leaching toxic ‘forever chemicals’ into pesticides. But PFAS are also ending up in pesticides from other sources—in much higher quantities. Once a year, researchers, agrichemical company representatives, and […]
Nitrogen Reclassification Will Put Emphasis On Innovative Systems (8/31/22)
Nitrogen Reclassification Will Put Emphasis On Innovative Systems The Cape Cod Chronicle By: Bronwen Walsh August 31, 2022 BREWSTER – Cape homeowners need to pick up the pace and speed up wastewater treatment by implementing innovative alternative septic systems in areas not conducive to sewering. That’s what Zenas Crocker, executive director of the Barnstable Clean […]