Falmouth's Water Quality Management Committee heard pilot data showing a 95 percent nitrogen cut from advanced septic systems and tabled a town oversight policy.
Water Quality Management Committee votes to authorize letters on nitrogen management and watershed protection. Edward Jalowiec was elected Chair and Steve Leighton re-elected Vice Chair, both by acclamation. The committee voted to authorize Alan Robinson to finalize a letter to the state Department
Water Quality Committee designates Leighton to new fairness task force on sewer equity. The Water Quality Management Committee named Vice Chair Steve Leighton as its representative to a Fairness Task Force created by the Select Board to examine disparities between residents required to install
Water Quality Management Committee unanimously recommends state submission of draft outfall environmental report. Falmouth Wastewater Superintendent Amy Lowell presented a DEIR reflecting three years of data and hydrodynamic modeling to advance the town's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
Falmouth's Water Quality Management Committee advances wastewater outfall planning toward late June Environmental Impact Report submission. Wastewater Superintendent Amy Lowell reported that an Interbasin Transfer Act application for the project was submitted May 8, with Environmental Impact Report
Water Quality Management Committee reviews $15 billion regional project costs. Bruce Walton of the New England Environmental Water Association presented a financial modeling tool showing Cape Cod-wide costs could reach $15 billion over 20 years, exceeding earlier estimates of $4 billion to $6
Falmouth Water Quality Management Committee receives detailed RME framework proposal for wastewater treatment oversight. John Waterbury presented the 11-element Responsible Management Entity structure, which would establish a designated town department to oversee individual wastewater treatment
Water Quality Management Committee reviews nitrogen-reduction progress across four major projects. The Urine Diversion Pilot Program is on schedule with nine completed on-site screening studies and expected summer installations costing $5,000 to $15,000; the outfall project has completed six
Water Quality Management Committee tables public comment policy after resident pushback. The committee unanimously approved a letter supporting the Barnstable Clean Water Committee's bog restoration grant. Ron Zweig presented a University of Massachusetts Dartmouth study on oyster aquaculture
Water Quality Management Committee votes unanimously to submit watershed management plan to state. Wastewater Superintendent Amy Lowell presented Falmouth's town-wide plan addressing nitrogen-sensitive areas under state regulation, with a phased adaptive management timeline from 2030 to 2050. The
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