When I went to Louisiana to study the Mississippi River delta in 1980, using marshes to treat wastewater was a hot topic. The prevailing view was that marshes acted like
Marine chemist Jennie E. Rheuban says informed and swift action is needed to solve Falmouth’s wastewater woes. Ms. Rheuban, a researcher at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, sat down on
Increased discharge of treated wastewater to sites 14 and 15 at the wastewater treatment plant in West Falmouth would not create nitrogen pollution problems in Herring Brook in West Falmouth,
Herring Brook—a salt marsh in West Falmouth—is thriving, despite increased nitrogen flowing from municipal wastewater discharge. A consultant delivered the good news in a draft report to the water quality