REALTORS® believe cleaner water across Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket is vital for the vibrancy of the region and see efforts to add wastewater infrastructure as a benefit to homeowners. Protecting our waterways helps us as a region create a more sustainable future.
Clean water and healthy coastal resources are critical to keeping Cape Cod viable as a place to live and work and visit. Cape Cod is facing a $4 billion wastewater infrastructure challenge. It has 4% of the state’s population, but 20% of its septic systems and they are having a profound effect on water quality. Wastewater infrastructure planning is done, now it is time to implement.
Learn about the latest initiatives to create clean up Cape Cod's waterways and build the infrastructure needed to sustain our region for generations to come.
Learn about some of the innovation coming in alternative septic systems with the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition.
Learn about how the Barnstable County Septic Loan program helps replace septic systems and connect to sewer.
Mashpee Select Board Member Andrew Gottlieb briefed REALTORS® on Thursday, April 8th on Mashpee’s sewer plans and upcoming Town Meeting articles that relate to the establishment of wastewater infrastructure in the town.
A coalition of Cape Cod organizations has reached out to members of Massachusetts’ Congressional delegation in an effort to secure funding for Cape Cod wastewater infrastructure projects in the federal infrastructure bill under consideration by Congress.
Town Manager Mark Ells, Finance Director Mark Milne, and Assistant DPW Director Rob Steen gave a Zoom presentation Wednesday morning to the Cape Cod and Islands Association of Realtors on its Comprehensive Water Management Plan (CWMP) and fielded questions from local REALTORS®.
