Pitch made for Upper Cape wastewater facility (8/7/19)
Cape Cod Times By Tanner Stening Posted Aug 7, 2019 at 7:20 PM Updated Aug 8, 2019 at 6:26 AM Pitch made for Upper Cape wastewater facility Executive boards on the Upper Cape have gotten a peek at a state-funded regional study that proposes tackling wastewater management to the tune of $155 million through local capital projects. The towns participating in the study are Sandwich, Mashpee, […]
$12 million water plant build gets underway in Hyannis (8/7/19)
Barnstable Patriot By Bronwen Howells Walsh bwalsh@barnstablepatriot.com Posted Aug 7, 2019 at 9:03 AM Updated Aug 9, 2019 at 10:45 AM $12 million water plant build gets underway in Hyannis The Hyannis Water System and officials from Mass DEP held a both a ceremonial and a literal groundbreaking Wednesday for construction of a new $12 million water filtration building at the Maher Water Treatment Plant. […]
New Hyannis building will better treat water for PFAS (8/6/19)
Cape Cod Times By Geoff Spillane Posted Aug 6, 2019 at 8:22 PM Updated Aug 7, 2019 at 6:30 AM New Hyannis building will better treat water for PFAS Contaminants will be brought in line with new standards. HYANNIS — The Hyannis Water System has begun work on a new $12 million water filtration building at the Maher Water Treatment Plant off Old Yarmouth Road. The […]
Summertime, And Toxic Algae Is Blooming: Here’s What You Need To Know (7/26/19)
wbur.org July 26, 2019 Barbara Moran Summertime, And Toxic Algae Is Blooming: Here’s What You Need To Know The state Department of Public Health is warning people to keep themselves — and their pets — out of the lower Charles River Basin, from the BU Bridge to the Museum of Science, because of toxic algae. And it’s […]
‘Green’ stormwater systems helping clean coastal waters (7/25/19)
Barnstable Patriot Posted Jul 25, 2019 at 2:58 PM Updated Jul 27, 2019 at 8:16 AM ‘Green’ stormwater systems helping clean coastal waters The first two in a series of planned nature-based stormwater treatment systems were recently completed in the Three Bays watershed in Barnstable. Across Cape Cod, many coastal waters like the Three Bays are threatened and impaired by excess nutrients and bacteria coming […]
Red tide raises threat of shellfishing closures (7/1/19)
Cape Cod Times By Doug Fraser Posted Jul 1, 2019 at 8:15 PM Updated at 7:25 AM Red tide raises threat of shellfishing closures Red tide that has been creeping down the coastline for over a month is now poised slightly north of Cape Cod. The tide has caused shellfishing closures that now extend from […]
The Cape Has 1,000 Freshwater Ponds. How Many Are Toxic? (6/28/19)
CapeandIslands.org By EVE ZUCKOFF JUN 28, 2019 The Cape Has 1,000 Freshwater Ponds. How Many Are Toxic? Ted Kingsley fishes at Santuit Pond in Mashpee. The pond is experiencing significant impacts from a blue-green algae bloom that can pose serious public health risks. CREDIT EVE ZUCKOFF On a typical June evening at Santuit Pond in […]
Barnstable Board of Health says no to amended regulations (6/26/19)
Cape Cod Times By Geoff Spillane Posted Jun 26, 2019 at 6:38 PM Updated at 6:32 AM Barnstable Board of Health says no to amended regulations More work needed on wastewater plan. HYANNIS — Barnstable is making progress on developing and funding a comprehensive wastewater management plan, but not enough to convince its Board of […]
Toxic blooms prompt Cape pond advisories (6/24/19)
Cape Cod Times By Doug Fraser Posted Jun 24, 2019 at 6:19 PM Updated Jun 25, 2019 at 6:02 AM Toxic blooms prompt Cape pond advisories Heavy rains lead to warnings at 5 freshwater spots. BARNSTABLE — People and their pets are being advised to avoid all contact with the water in three Cape Cod ponds after an unusually wet spring helped cause toxic bacterial blooms. […]
Santuit Pond Sounds Alarm On Freshwater (6/20/19)
Mashpee Enterprise By SAM HOUGHTON Jun 20, 2019 Santuit Pond Sounds Alarm On Freshwater In the summer, the blue-green algae bloom in Santuit Pond has seemingly become commonplace. For the third year in a row, the water in the pond looks green rather than clear. A mat of greenish algae recently became evident, too. The […]