Meet one of our Partners: Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center
Barnstable Clean Water Coalition (BCWC) works to restore and preserve clean water throughout Barnstable and is preparing to launch a pilot project to test alternative septic systems. Many partners are involved in our very important work to improve water quality on Cape Cod including the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center (MASSTC), located in Sandwich […]
Welcome to the Living Laboratory: Come Learn with Us
Since March, everyone has found creative ways to stay connected. Students of all ages learned how to do remote learning with their teachers. Zoom and FaceTime became every day communication tools to meet with business colleagues, family and friends. Here at the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition we are also learning to adapt, and one way […]
Coalition Quarterly – Issue 11 (Spring 2020)
Coalition Quarterly – Spring 2020 Newsletter Click on image to read more >> Click here to view the version with separated pages.
Clean Water Wednesdays – 2020
Innovative/Alternative Septic Systems (1/29/20) Innovative/Alternative Septic Systems John Smith, the president of KleanTu, will provide summary information and performance data on KleanTu’s two Innovative Alternative (I/A) technologies, the NitROE® Waste-Water Treatment System (WWTS) and the SanTOETM WWTS), for enhanced total nitrogen (TN) reduction, that are now being deployed and demonstrated on both Martha’s Vineyard and […]
H2O:The Molecule That Made Us (April 2020)
H2O: The Molecule that Made Us PREMIERED APRIL/MAY, 2020 (Check Local Listings). H2O:The Molecule That Made Us is a 3-hour series from WGBH Boston, airing three consecutive Wednesdays. The film dramatically reveals how water underpins every aspect of our existence. In the emptiness of outer space, Earth is alive because of water. Humanity’s relationship with this […]
Eastham, Orleans Shellfishing Areas Closed due to Red Tide Toxin (3/20/20)
CapeCod.com 3/20/2020 Eastham, Orleans Shellfishing Areas Closed due to Red Tide Toxin EASTHAM – The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries has announced that they have closed the Nauset Marsh System in Eastham and Orleans to shellfishing due to the Paralytic Shellfish Poison toxic, commonly known as “Red Tide.” The system includes Nauset Harbor, Mill Pond, […]
Relocate Cape Cod Hospital, halt risky expansion (3/9/20)
Cape Cod Times By Zenas Crocker Posted Mar 9, 2020 at 2:01 AM Relocate Cape Cod Hospital, halt risky expansion Cape Cod Healthcare (CCHC) is in the final stages of planning a hospital campus expansion that brings important community assets closer to Hyannis Harbor and our rising seas. The sensible and vital, longer-term vision should […]
Coalition Quarterly – Issue 10 (Winter 2020)
Coalition Quarterly – Winter 2020 Newsletter Click on image to read more >> Click here to view the version without separated pages.
Striking a balance (2/7/20)
The Barnstable Patriot By Marina Davalos Feb 7, 2020 Striking a balance This is the second of a two-part series. Part 1 covered the problem: excess nitrogen and phosphorus from the Cape’s existing septic systems are creating toxic environments in our bodies of water. Period. Now for the solutions. We talked with Linda Cronin, professional […]
Troubled waters: Scientists test for links between lower herring counts & cyanobacteria (1/31/20)
The Barnstable Patriot By Marina Davalos Jan 31, 2020 Troubled waters: Scientists test for links between lower herring counts & cyanobacteria This is the first in a two-part series. Low herring counts and increasing cyanobacteria blooms mean that more needs to be done to curb human activity when it comes to the Cape’s most precious […]