Healey administration unveils new permit system to address Cape water pollution (6/21/23)
Healey administration unveils new permit system to address Cape water pollution Michael P. Norton and Sam Drysdale State House News, Boston Globe June 21, 2023 Cape Cod communities will have two years to opt into a new watershed permitting process intended to reverse nitrogen pollution and restore the region’s estuaries to their natural state, according […]
New state rules mean thousands of Cape Cod homeowners may need to replace septic systems (6/21/23)
New state rules mean thousands of Cape Cod homeowners may need to replace septic systems wbur Barbara Moran June 21, 2023 New state regulations finalized today will require thousands of Cape Cod residents to replace or upgrade their septic systems, unless local water districts come up with plans to mitigate nitrogen pollution. Decades of nitrogen pollution […]
New state regs finalized: Cape Cod towns must reduce nitrogen pollution or homeowners will pay (6/21/23)
New state regs finalized: Cape Cod towns must reduce nitrogen pollution or homeowners will pay CAI Eve Zuckoff June 21, 2023 The state is pushing Cape Cod towns to seriously speed up plans to reduce nitrogen pollution, using the threat of sticking homeowners with major bills to spur action. Officials with the Massachusetts Department of […]
Mass. Releases New Rules to Clean Up Cape Cod Pollution (6/21/23)
Mass. Releases New Rules to Clean Up Cape Cod Pollution Wastewater causing toxic algae blooms Conservation Law Foundation Press Release June 21, 2023 June 23, 2023 (BOSTON, MA) – After a lawsuit was filed by Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced new rules designed to clean up wastewater pollution […]