BCWC Featured on Chronicle
Chronicle aired a story on July 20, 2022 about Massachusetts Oyster Project and their work to rebuild the commonwealth’s oyster population. BCWC’s upweller was featured in this segment.
New plans emerge to save many Cape Cod ponds, lakes threatened by pollution (6/23/22)
New plans emerge to save many Cape Cod ponds, lakes threatened by pollution Boston 25 News By: Vicki Graf June 23, 2022 at 7:06 am New plans emerge to save many Cape Cod ponds, lakes threatened by pollution CAPE COD, Mass. — Although most people think of Cape Cod’s ocean beaches when it comes […]
Experimental Solutions to Reduce Nitrogen Pollution on Cape Cod (6/9/22)
Experimental Solutions to Reduce Nitrogen Pollution on Cape Cod The Nature Conservancy June 9, 2022 Too much nitrogen in our waterways threatens our drinking water, economy, recreation and human health. We are working with nature to change that. The New England way of life depends on our water quality. Everything from our drinking water and […]
Marstons Mills homes test nitrogen-removing septic wastewater system (6/3/22)
Marstons Mills homes test nitrogen-removing septic wastewater system Rich Eldred wickedlocal.com Cape Cod Times June 3, 2022 MARSTONS MILLS — Two septic tanks may be better than one, at least when the second tank can do what the first won’t. The Sandy Shores neighborhood along the shore of Shubael Pond will help test for the next three years a […]
BCWC on the Front Page of today’s Boston Globe
BCWC is working to reduce nitrogen by tackling it at its source, septic systems. We support municipal sewer expansion, however as the CWMP shows, it will take many years and some areas in the town of Barnstable are not expected to get sewer. We can’t wait to work on a solution. We have a pilot […]
Marstons Mills site of 1st national water quality study of its kind (5/18/22)
Marstons Mills site of 1st national water quality study of its kind CAI | By Patrick Flanary Published May 18, 2022 at 1:00 PM EDT The Barnstable Clean Water Coalition is working to model what alternative septic could mean broadly for Cape Cod homeowners. A Marstons Mills neighborhood is the site of the country’s first study […]
Backed-up pipes, stinky yards: Climate change is wrecking septic tanks (4/12/22)
Backed-up pipes, stinky yards: Climate change is wrecking septic tanks By: Jim Morrison April 12, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EDT The Washington Post Lewis Lawrence likes to refer to the coastal middle peninsula of Virginia as suffering from a “soggy socks” problem. Flooding is so persistent that people often can’t walk around without getting their […]
Podcast Urges Water Stewardship On Cape Cod (4/8/22)
Podcast Urges Water Stewardship On Cape Cod The Enterprise Bourne April 8, 2022 The Cape Cod Groundwater Guardians, a small group of professionals serving with Barnstable County, has created an educational podcast called “One Drop Leads to Another,” which can be found on several streaming services, as a platform to discuss current public concerns about […]
New Septic Systems Promising In Protecting Upper Cape Water Systems (3/18/22)
The Enterprise Mashpee By: Sam Drysdale Mar 18, 2022 New Septic Systems Promising In Protecting Upper Cape Water Systems Outdated and environmentally unfriendly septic systems and cesspools are the norm on Cape Cod. Although most people would rather avoid the topic of where their waste goes after it has been flushed, the Massachusetts Alternative Septic […]
PFAS in lobsters? Another sign these harmful compounds are everywhere, researchers say (2/4/22)
PFAS in lobsters? Another sign these harmful compounds are everywhere, researchers say Doug Fraser Cape Cod Times Feb 4, 2022 Researchers recently analyzed three lobsters caught in Massachusetts waters and found what they call high levels of PFAS. They criticized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for moving too slowly on studying and regulating these “forever chemicals.“ […]