From the Falmouth Enterprise · June 5, 2026 · By Lin Lin Hutchinson
The Falmouth Select Board is setting up a six-member Watershed Management Financial Fairness Task Force to study how the cost of meeting the state’s watershed management requirements should be split among property owners. The idea came from the Board of Health, which warned in November 2025 that residents could face very different bills depending on whether they must connect to sewer, install an innovative/alternative (I/A) septic system, or take no action for now. Sewer projects have historically received town subsidies, but required I/A systems currently get none. The two boards discussed the issue at a joint meeting in February 2026.
Under the proposed charge, the task force would advise the Select Board and town management on a fair distribution of costs and suggest policies, goals, action steps and milestones for the board’s Strategic Plan. It would include a Select Board liaison and members from the Board of Health and the Water Quality Management Committee, along with people who know wastewater systems and their construction and operating costs, and someone with expertise in economics, ethics or related social sciences. The town planned to advertise for applicants on June 12, with applications preferred by June 26. The task force would be dissolved by June 30, 2027.
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