Twenty-eight supporters of The Green Center, a Hatchville-based sustainability think tank, packed a town hall meeting room Monday in hopes of influencing the Water Quality Management Committee to take a
As the state moves to tighten Title 5 septic regulations, Falmouth’s top officials convened in the Falmouth Public Library on Monday, February 13, to explore different paths for cleaning up
On June 3, 2021, consultants Science Wares Inc. presented a report to the Falmouth Water Quality Management Committee that concluded: “The data indicate most systems with General Use approval in
Eric Karplus of Science Wares, Inc., on June 24, presented the Water Quality Management Committee with an update on the Eel River Pilot Aquaculture Project. The project has been a success through the first year, even during the pandemic, with both public and private benefits, Mr. Karplus said.
The three-year pilot program, which began last year, awarded three 20,000-square-foot aquaculture plots in Eel Pond in Menauhant to shellfish growers. The goal of the pilot program was to determine if growers could make money while reporting on data on nitrogen removal.
Data confirm that aquaculture is one of the ways to reduce nitrogren loading in impaired estuaries. The town identified three sites and initiated the permitting, creating a system that allows about 2,500 floating bags per site. An entry-level target of 280,000 market-sized oysters per site was established, which should result in 60 kilograms of nitrogen removed per site, resulting in 180 kilograms of nitrogen per year, Mr. Kar