Cape seen as protected from weakening of Clean Water Act (1/24/20)
Cape Cod Times By Doug Fraser Posted Jan 24, 2020 at 9:14 PM Cape seen as protected from weakening of Clean Water Act The Trump administration and the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a new Clean Water Act rule this week that removed many Obama administration protections of streams, wetlands and other water bodies that don’t […]
Cape Cod must move faster to clean its ground water and coastal embayments (10/9/19)
Cape Cod Times By Chris Kilian Posted Oct 9, 2019 at 3:00 AM Updated Oct 9, 2019 at 11:14 AM Cape Cod must move faster to clean its ground water and coastal embayments For generations, Cape Cod’s bays, beaches and ponds have been an essential summer destination for thousands of residents and tourists alike. Days spent boating, kayaking, bird watching, […]
Sewer system could add value to a neighborhood (9/26/19)
Cape Cod Times By Jack Edmonston Posted Sep 26, 2019 at 3:00 AM Updated Sep 26, 2019 at 7:14 AM NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) may have graduated to BANANA (Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody) in Centerville. According to the Cape Cod Times, the town of Barnstable is trying to build a pumping station on a third of an acre on Main Street, […]
Federal grant to fund PFAS testing in Hyannis (9/25/19)
Cape Cod Times By Cynthia McCormick Posted Sep 25, 2019 at 6:33 PM Updated Sep 26, 2019 at 6:29 AM Federal grant to fund PFAS testing in Hyannis HYANNIS — The Silent Spring Institute has received a $1 million federal grant to test the impact of PFAS contamination in drinking water on adults and children in Hyannis and Ayer. About 1,000 adults and 300 children are […]
Mashpee weighs wastewater management options (8/14/19)
Cape Cod Times By Tanner Stening Posted Aug 14, 2019 at 9:11 PM Updated Aug 15, 2019 at 6:27 AM Mashpee weighs wastewater management options Town could pay millions for its own plan or join regional effort at base. MASHPEE — The Board of Selectmen is considering handing responsibility of the multimillion-dollar wastewater infrastructure project over to the Mashpee Water District and a yet-to-be-created sewer district. […]
Researchers seek to head off blooming problem in Cape ponds (8/12/19)
Cape Cod Times By Doug Fraser Posted Aug 12, 2019 at 9:29 PM Updated Aug 13, 2019 at 7:44 AM Researchers seek to head off blooming problem in Cape ponds BREWSTER — Charles “Chuck” Madansky was busy setting up what appeared to be a plastic tote on top of a pole driven into the sandy bottom of a small cove on Cliff Pond. “It’s a bit […]
Pitch made for Upper Cape wastewater facility (8/7/19)
Cape Cod Times By Tanner Stening Posted Aug 7, 2019 at 7:20 PM Updated Aug 8, 2019 at 6:26 AM Pitch made for Upper Cape wastewater facility Executive boards on the Upper Cape have gotten a peek at a state-funded regional study that proposes tackling wastewater management to the tune of $155 million through local capital projects. The towns participating in the study are Sandwich, Mashpee, […]
New Hyannis building will better treat water for PFAS (8/6/19)
Cape Cod Times By Geoff Spillane Posted Aug 6, 2019 at 8:22 PM Updated Aug 7, 2019 at 6:30 AM New Hyannis building will better treat water for PFAS Contaminants will be brought in line with new standards. HYANNIS — The Hyannis Water System has begun work on a new $12 million water filtration building at the Maher Water Treatment Plant off Old Yarmouth Road. The […]
Red tide raises threat of shellfishing closures (7/1/19)
Cape Cod Times By Doug Fraser Posted Jul 1, 2019 at 8:15 PM Updated at 7:25 AM Red tide raises threat of shellfishing closures Red tide that has been creeping down the coastline for over a month is now poised slightly north of Cape Cod. The tide has caused shellfishing closures that now extend from […]
Barnstable Board of Health says no to amended regulations (6/26/19)
Cape Cod Times By Geoff Spillane Posted Jun 26, 2019 at 6:38 PM Updated at 6:32 AM Barnstable Board of Health says no to amended regulations More work needed on wastewater plan. HYANNIS — Barnstable is making progress on developing and funding a comprehensive wastewater management plan, but not enough to convince its Board of […]