From the Falmouth Enterprise · October 9, 2026 · By Katie Nelson
Falmouth's Waterways Committee met on October 7, 2026, for the first time in two months, after its August and September meetings were canceled for lack of a quorum. Members named the upper channel of Waquoit Bay among several spots where water depths are dropping, along with Megansett Harbor, West Falmouth Harbor, Great Pond, the west side of Eel River and Perch Pond. The harbormaster plans to measure depths at slack tide (the pause between incoming and outgoing tides) in the spring. Reconstruction of the Waquoit Bay boat ramp is set to begin October 20, with the parking lot closed until the ramp is finished. The committee also put off a vote on revised mooring rules, including a proposed seven-day-per-season limit on loaning a mooring, because the vote was not on the agenda.
Depth records could help decide which channels belong in the town's 10-year dredging permit. Adding a channel that isn't already covered would take about two years to permit. The town has applied for a state grant to dredge the Seapit River and has approved a $97,000 match, but the award is uncertain. The mooring-rule vote is expected at the committee's next meeting, and mooring fees go to the Select Board on October 19. It bears mainly on access, dredging, and shoreline work around the Bay.
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