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 […]
Coalition Quarterly – Special Double Issue – Issue 21 Fall 2022 & Issue 22 Winter 2023
Coalition Quarterly Special Double Issue – Issue 21 Fall 2022 & Issue 22 Winter 2023 Click on image (or buttons) below to read more >> Single Page Double Page (FlipBook) BCWC_Newsletter_Fall2022
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 […]
Coalition Quarterly – Issue 20 Summer 2022
Coalition Quarterly Issue 20 Summer 2022 Click on image (or buttons) below to read more >> Single Page Double Page (FlipBook) BCWC_Newsletter_Summer2022
Clean Water Mondays/Wednesdays – 2022
Design with Nature on Cape Cod & the Islands (4/25/22) Design with Nature on Cape Cod & the Islands Join us Monday, April 25th at the brewery to hear from Jack Ahern, Emeritus Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, about how to preserve the beauty of the Cape with ecologically-based landscaping. […]
DNSI Weekly Reports – 2022
5/31/2022 Dead Neck Sampson’s Island Report As of 5/31/2022 Monitors: Clare SantaColoma, Sophia Valiulis and Cecilia Twining PIPL Activity There are 17 pairs of Piping Plovers on the island. There are 3 active nests and 1 brood on the west tip, 3 nests in the middle section, and 4 nests and 2 broods on the […]
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 […]