Cape Cod’s drinking water mostly ‘excellent,’ ponds and embayments mostly ‘unacceptable’: new report (1/17/24)
Cape Cod’s drinking water mostly ‘excellent,’ ponds and embayments mostly ‘unacceptable’: new reportWCAIEve ZuckoffJanuary 17, 2024 1 of 7 Association to Preserve Cape Cod 2 of 7 Association to Preserve Cape Cod 3 of 7 Association to Preserve Cape Cod 4 of 7 Association to Preserve Cape Cod 5 of 7 Association to Preserve Cape Cod 6 of 7 Association to Preserve Cape Cod 7 of 7 Association to […]
Cape Cod researchers study removing PFAS from the waste stream (12/4/23)
Cape Cod researchers study removing PFAS from the waste stream CAI Brian Engles December 4, 2023 The Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center, or MASSTC, is a premier site for wastewater research located on Cape Cod. Some of their tests involve adding woodchips to septic systems to help remove nitrogen from the environment, but could those […]
New study suggests PFAS might be in almost half of US tap water. See the results from Cape Cod (7/21/23)
New study suggests PFAS might be in almost half of US tap water. See the results from Cape Cod CAI Brian Engles July 21, 2023 Courtesy USGS/ A new United States Geological Survey (USGS) study suggests the ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS are in about 45% of the country’s tap water supplies. The report includes samples taken throughout the […]
New state regs finalized: Cape Cod towns must reduce nitrogen pollution or homeowners will pay (6/21/23)
New state regs finalized: Cape Cod towns must reduce nitrogen pollution or homeowners will pay CAI Eve Zuckoff June 21, 2023 The state is pushing Cape Cod towns to seriously speed up plans to reduce nitrogen pollution, using the threat of sticking homeowners with major bills to spur action. Officials with the Massachusetts Department of […]
Cyanobacteria closes Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, raising concerns of ‘toxic summer’ (6/13/23)
Cyanobacteria closes Mashpee-Wakeby Pond, raising concerns of ‘toxic summer’ CAI Eve Zuckoff June 13, 2023 Local officials are warning people and their pets to stay out of one of the largest ponds on Cape Cod after a blue-green bloom was found to be producing toxins. Conservation experts are concerned that a high number of local […]
Mashpee residents push town leaders to act on water quality (6/7/23)
Mashpee residents push town leaders to act on water quality CAI | By Brian Engles Published June 7, 2023 at 5:05 AM EDT Susan Dangel with the citizens group Save Mashpee Wakeby Pond Alliance screened recent aerial footage of Mashpee River and Shoestring Bay at this week’s Mashpee select board meeting. The video shows large […]
State tests: At least 5 radioactive materials, plus PFAS, in water at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (5/23/23)
State tests: At least 5 radioactive materials, plus PFAS, in water at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station CAI | By Jennette Barnes May 23, 2023 at 5:58 PM EDT State water testing shows at least five radioactive materials in the water at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, plus PFAS chemicals and other non-radiological contaminants. The Department […]
For the first time, EPA moves to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water (3/14/23)
For the first time, EPA moves to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water CAI Eve Zuckoff March 14, 2023 Eve Zuckoff The Environmental Protection Agency today announced a plan to regulate and reduce harmful PFAS chemicals from drinking water. It’s the first time the federal government has moved to set a national drinking water standard for the […]
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 […]