A ‘powerful tool’: New septic system technology aimed at helping to clean up Cape waters (11/6/2021)
A ‘powerful tool’: New septic system technology aimed at helping to clean up Cape waters Rachael Devaney Cape Cod Times Nov. 6, 2021 As Jennifer Loughran led a tour of Barnstable Clean Water Coalition’s Shubael Pond Project, she called a newly installed NitROE wastewater treatment septic system a “living laboratory.” “Maybe watching a septic installation […]
PFAS advisory: State asks people to limit or not eat fish caught at 5 Cape Cod ponds (11/3/21)
PFAS advisory: State asks people to limit or not eat fish caught at 5 Cape Cod ponds Cynthia McCormick Cape Cod Times Nov. 3, 2021 In their first advisory about consumption of freshwater fish contaminated with PFAS, Massachusetts public health officials Tuesday advised people to limit or exclude fish from five Upper Cape ponds from […]
BCWC lands $750,000 EPA pilot grant for bog restoration (10/14/21)
BCWC lands $750,000 EPA pilot grant for bog restoration October 14, 2021 The Barnstable Patriot $150,000 a year for five years to help restore 56 acres of cranberry bogs, clean up Three Bays OSTERVILLE — Barnstable Clean Water Coalition (BCWC) was awarded a five-year, $750,000 Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Pilot Watershed grant from the […]
Group pilots alternative wastewater treatment system in Marstons Mills (10/11/21)
Group pilots alternative wastewater treatment system in Marstons Mills How to clean water in those hard-to-reach places on the Cape Bronwen Howells Walsh The Barnstable Patriot Oct 11, 2021 MARSTONS MILLS — Before Casey Chatelain left the Cape for graduate school, she interned with the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition and volunteered on a town committee […]
Barnstable Clean Water Coalition To Break Ground On Innovative Septic System Project (10/5/21)
Barnstable Clean Water Coalition To Break Ground On Innovative Septic System Project Cape & Plymouth Business Media By Carol Dumas Oct 5, 2021 The Barnstable Clean Water Coalition (BCWC) will break ground on its Shubael Pond Innovative/Alternative (I/A) Septic System project located in Osterville on Oct. 5. A total of 15 KleanTu NitROE systems, an […]
First year of Wellfleet oyster project deemed success, as 25,000 pounds of shells recycled (9/30/21)
First year of Wellfleet oyster project deemed success, as 25,000 pounds of shells recycled Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll Cape Cod Times Sept. 30, 2021 WELLFLEET — The first year of turning what would have been oyster trash into future coastal reefs was deemed a huge success by organizers and participants. The inaugural season of the Massachusetts Oyster […]
As Barnstable hunts for new sources of public drinking water, PFAS contamination rears its ugly head (9/3/21)
As Barnstable hunts for new sources of public drinking water, PFAS contamination rears its ugly head Cape Cod Times Jeannette Hinkle Sept. 3, 2021 Five things to know about PFAS Used in numerous products from stain repellents to food packaging, they have become a pollution concern nationwide. Here are five things to know about PFAS. […]
Improving water quality in ponds starting to gain momentum says panel at regional summit (8/25/21)
Improving water quality in ponds starting to gain momentum says panel at regional summit Doug Fraser Cape Cod Times Aug 25, 2021 The health of local ponds or lakes is something Cape Cod residents and visitors take more personally than they do marine water bodies, Andrew Gottlieb, executive director of the Association to Preserve Cape […]
‘Ticking time bomb’: PFAS chemicals in drinking water alarm scientists over health risks (8/10/21)
‘Ticking time bomb’: PFAS chemicals in drinking water alarm scientists over health risks EPA under pressure to regulate PFAS, found in the water of nearly 2,800 cities. By Devin Dwyer, Stephanie Ebbs, and Jacqueline Yoo August 10, 2021, 3:33 PM ‘Forever chemicals’ detected in water systems of nearly 2,800 US cities ABC News’ Devin Dwyer […]
‘It’s totally gone’: Mashpee’s water quality at an all-time low, report finds (7/29/21)
‘It’s totally gone’: Mashpee’s water quality at an all-time low, report finds Jessica Hill Cape Cod Times Jul 29, 2021 MASHPEE — The biggest takeaway from Mashpee’s latest water quality report is pretty dire: water is highly polluted and it will continue to get worse until action is taken. “Sorry,” said professor Brian Howes, who […]