Town Leadership is recommending a $5 million bond issue to help pay the principal and interest on an estimated $110 million in sewer construction costs.

https://www.barnstablepatriot.com/story/news/2021/08/11/town-leadership-recommends-debt-exclusion-vote-close-sewering-funding-gap/5566960001/

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/08/09/cape-cod-owns-need-federal-help-clean-up-contaminated-drinking-water/5467016001/

Multiple roadways in Greenfield are closed Friday morning, due to separate water main breaks.

https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/franklin-county/multiple-water-main-breaks-causing-issues-in-greenfield/

Yarmouth officials are looking to move forward without Dennis and Harwich and to build a wastewater treatment plant near Buck Island. 

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/08/03/yarmouth-poised-move-forward-alone-wastewater-treatment-plant-dennis-harwich-could-join-later/5454686001/

Tens of millions of gallons of untreated sewage have poured into the Merrimack River amid record rains this summer.

https://www.hgazette.com/news/local_news/heavy-rain-causes-sewage-overflows-in-merrimack-river/article_4aad91e7-1697-5aea-9f95-1ed23bed4104.html

The biggest takeaway from Mashpee's latest water quality report is pretty dire: water is highly polluted and it will continue to get worse until action is taken. 

“Sorry," said professor Brian Howes, who teaches estuarine and ocean sciences, of the findings in the report. "I live here too. It makes me sad.” 

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2021/07/29/mashpee-water-quality-has-worsened-due-to-nitrogen-pollution-from-septic-systems-lawn-fertilizers/8091174002/?utm_source=capecodtimes-Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_term=hero&utm_content=MASSACHUSETTS-HYANNIS-NLETTER65

As the Town of Mashpee transitions from years of wastewater planning toward the construction of a wastewater treatment plant and sewer system, a recent hire is settling into the new position of Mashpee town engineer. Christopher Gallagher started as town engineer on June 7, a little more than a month after Town Meeting in May unanimously approved a $54 million debt exclusion for the construction of a wastewater treatment plant and collection system.

https://www.capenews.net/mashpee/news/new-mashpee-town-engineer-takes-reins-of-wastewater-project/article_65b421fa-aa3d-5795-882b-3446d8cf6445.html

It’s report card time — for the Charles, Mystic and Neponset Rivers, that is.

As part of an ongoing effort to monitor water quality in these rivers and raise awareness about pollution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses data collected by local watershed groups about bacteria levels to calculate annual letter grades. 

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https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/report-264-mass-beaches-had-potentially-unsafe-water-quality-in-2020/

The Barnstable Town Council brought paying for the town's new sewer system closer to reality last week by voting to assess residential taxpayers along the first leg $10,000, plus connection costs.

https://www.barnstablepatriot.com/story/news/2021/07/07/no-pipe-dream-town-council-approves-sewer-assessment/7885347002/