From the Falmouth Enterprise · September 13, 2024 · By Noelle Annonen
In August 2024, Falmouth’s Water Quality Management Committee reviewed draft maps of I/A districts. In these areas without planned sewers, homeowners would have to install nitrogen-reducing septic systems. The maps covered three parts of Waquoit Bay: Eel Pond, the Childs River and the main basin. For Eel Pond, planned sewers roughly meet the state target, so no district was proposed. The Childs River district would include 956 parcels, 709 of them single-family homes, on the river’s north end.
Planned sewers to the south would remove about 2,177 kg of nitrogen a year. Permeable reactive barriers near Route 28 were also discussed, but they have no funding. The main-basin district would include 621 parcels. In all, the drafts would require about 2,528 home upgrades and remove roughly 11,200 kg of nitrogen a year. The maps still need approval from the Board of Health, the Select Board and Town Meeting.
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