Barnstable to consider mandating best available sewer systems near sensitive waterbodies

BARNSTABLE – A new proposal out of the Barnstable Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan’s Ad Hoc Committee would request that the Town’s Board of Health require the installation of best available innovative sewage disposal systems at properties in near proximity to sensitive waterways.  Specifically, the proposal would require such technologies within 1,000 feet of nitrogen sensitive waterbodies and within 1,000 feet of areas whose surface waters feed into such waterbodies, with additional requirements for properties on Osterville’s Little Island […] The post Barnstable to consider mandating best available sewer systems near sensitive waterbodies appeared first on CapeCod.com.