News
Town votes, watershed plans, CPWB projects and events, newest first.
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CPWB launches new website
CPWB has a new website: daily news on the bay, a growing research library, plain-language explainers, a community calendar and an easier way to join.
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CPWB urges Falmouth to make Waquoit Bay its first sewer priority after the outfall
CPWB President Maggie Megaw told Falmouth’s Water Quality Management Committee to rethink its sewer schedule and start on Waquoit Bay first once the outfall pipe is running, with the main line down…
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Falmouth boards meet to coordinate draft plans for cutting nitrogen, with sewers and new septic systems
Falmouth’s Select Board, Board of Health and two committees met October 16 on draft watershed plans that combine sewer expansion with nitrogen-removing septic systems, with state submission due by 2029.
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Barnstable County series profiles AdvanTex, a nitrogen-reducing septic system sold on Cape Cod
Barnstable County’s System Shift series interviews an Orenco sales manager on AdvanTex I/A (nitrogen-reducing) septic systems: rising Cape demand driven by nitrogen rules, and phosphorus as the next challenge.
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Mashpee tightens septic rules for new homes, while a state ADU change raises worries
Mashpee’s Board of Health voted to extend nitrogen-reducing septic requirements to drinking water protection zones, and the town’s health agent warned that a proposed state ADU rule could undercut local septic limits.
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Mashpee officials say town’s flow neutral bylaw is too vague and needs a rewrite
Mashpee’s Environmental Oversight Committee backed a plan to ask the town manager to start rewriting the town’s flow neutral bylaw, which staff say is too vague to enforce and could put state…
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Red Brook landowners hear the latest on reconnecting the brook and its wetlands
About 26 landowners joined an October 6 update on Red Brook: the Red Brook Road culvert is funded and in permitting, and planning has begun for the wider river and bog restoration.
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Falmouth waterways panel eyes shallow Waquoit Bay channel as boat ramp rebuild nears
Falmouth’s Waterways Committee flagged shallowing in the upper channel of Waquoit Bay, delayed a vote on mooring rules, and heard the Waquoit Bay boat ramp rebuild starts October 20.
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CPWB asks the state not to override local septic rules for new ADUs
In public comments on the state’s draft ADU rules, CPWB urged a third option: require new accessory units to use either a nitrogen-reducing septic system or a composting or incinerating toilet.
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Truro warns draft state ADU rules could undercut its nitrogen-reducing septic rules
Truro’s planner says proposed state ADU regulations could make local requirements for nitrogen-reducing septic systems unenforceable, and Cape officials planned a joint comment.
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Red Brook culvert approved, with room for salt marsh to migrate as seas rise
Mashpee’s Conservation Commission approved replacing the Red Brook Road culvert with a larger one designed to improve fish passage and let salt marsh move inland.
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Falmouth releases draft Waquoit Bay and Eel Pond watershed plans
Falmouth’s draft plans for Waquoit Bay and Eel Pond combine sewers, nitrogen-reducing septic systems and shellfish farming, but two sub-areas still fall short of their targets.
