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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
Conservation Law Foundation sues Barnstable, Masphee and state over wastewater cleanup (6/25/21)
Conservation Law Foundation sues Barnstable, Masphee and state over wastewater cleanup Doug Fraser Cape Cod Times June 25, 2021 BARNSTABLE — In a lawsuit filed last week, the Conservation Law Foundation went right to the heart of the wastewater problem on Cape Cod: septic systems. Approximately 80% of properties on Cape Cod rely on septic […]
CLF sues Barnstable over pollution in Lewis Bay (2/17/21)
CLF sues Barnstable over pollution in Lewis Bay By Doug Fraser Cape Cod Times HYANNIS — The Conservation Law Foundation filed suit Tuesday in federal court in Boston against the town of Barnstable, saying the Barnstable Water Pollution Control Facility is in violation of the federal Clean Water Act and is polluting Lewis Bay. In […]
Lawsuit could disrupt real estate market in 2 Cape Cod towns (9/17/20)
Lawsuit could disrupt real estate market in 2 Cape Cod towns Cape Cod Times Geoff Spillane gspillane@capecodonline.com BOSTON — An impending lawsuit by an environmental advocacy organization could wreak havoc on the real estate market in the towns of Barnstable and Mashpee. The Conservation Law Foundation has notified the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and […]
Pilot project uses bioreactor to filter nitrogen from Barnstable waters (9/4/20)
Pilot project uses bioreactor to filter nitrogen from Barnstable waters Cape Cod Times Geoff Spillane gspillane@capecodonline.com MARSTONS MILLS — On a quiet cranberry bog off Whistleberry Drive, an experiment is underway that eventually could have a profound effect on cleaning the Cape’s nitrogen-choked waterways. In late July, a woodchip-based Bioreactor Nitrogen Reduction Pilot Project — the first […]
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 […]