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<br /> ,-■Continued from Page one t trogen levels iii the 1Vlashpee River as p . y ;"
<br /> se tic s stems. However,'�Mr.' :York
<br /> terrible told selectmen that a stu 'k said the•town does 'not " .}• '
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<br /> r- ms for�large sewage'Systems and den the Cape Cod Commission fou�id nitro= deuce that any septic:.systems along
<br /> itriflcatlon Systems for new homes and gen levels up river at rates'-30:times the river have failed.
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<br /> `eA' in homes•.,.esaie,`to decrease hi her than the rate that eai cause'-al '`ResPondin to Mr. Sh man's con
<br /> :the amount of;nitrogen entering the gae blooms. cerns about a requirement for denitri-
<br /> rrver. 4.r Given. that =the heaviest nitrogen ficat3on systems Selectman Vaccaro
<br /> To increase the_flushing rate �n the loading has'yet to hit the-Mashpee Rev-.�-noted that such systems have been re-
<br /> .v river,• K-V Associates .recommended e'r;-and that homes can still be built on quired in'the area of Mashpee where
<br /> maintenance dredging of channels and lotsnear the river,Mr: Sherman said, _. -.._. g _ gr
<br /> he lives. Althou h'there•was a eat
<br /> lAhe cleaning of the river banks. the problem is only going to get worse. ~ outcry initially against the require-
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<br /> • 1n.1993,-the Massachusetts Highway• -it'We're- going-to have'to work fast, ,meat, homeowners .have since. ac-
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<br /> I while .resurfacing Route and we're'gong'to�havet to work fast,'' cepted the requirement as necessary
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<br /> -28,.,installed 'catch"5.basins to 'control -`''ust to kee it from ettin• worse"said for roe '
<br /> ] p g g P.. PY near the water,h�said.
<br /> road"ru_neff intoahe river'. Altho_u h LMr, Sherman,`'whv`noted that the can- ;,
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<br /> the_towni last e_ar':was awarded a'fed- �. r' -r ., ^'r-:. • ' e
<br /> . Y ;servation.commission witl help toget lectman Costa announced,toappiause,
<br /> ` �dred 'n that he has begun talks with 'malate
<br /> t eral grant to install more catch basins gY g permits for the river. W.
<br /> _'near�the Mashpee`River,the town has ,,' _:r:To Control the influx of nitrogen and ' to get the state to purchase two•' �•�els
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<br /> yet-to receive those funds, 'Mr. York other nutrients into the river the town on the Mashpee River slated for de'vel-
<br /> 'sar . _ r:�. � may,,have .to require denitrification
<br /> opment.
<br /> "Road wrunoff:„was°the number.one 'systems'for existing homes up for re-' `�
<br /> 3'Mitigation effort recommended by�the r sale,said Mr. Sherman,who predicted
<br /> ;consultant,";he said.I T. the measure would not be popular. 3 Z�he merger flf Falmouth Hospital
<br /> In addition to a plan by the town for " 'coni Legal Systems Foundation with Cape, Cod Health
<br /> • Mr. .York said Barnstable = "More'than half the nitrogen is com- Systems w 1I be the focus of a com-
<br /> ,dredging s .
<br /> County is trying to.start a dredging pro- :ring` from `legal septic systems, =not :mun�ty meeting to be held on Thurs--
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<br /> gram. day from 7 to 9 P.M."at the First Con
<br /> "The funding'for this is the prob- �� failed ones,”Mr.Sherman said. ,.
<br /> lem.we'have the action plan,"•he said, °"~Disagreeing,IVIr. Lumsden said set- gregational Church' of :Falmouth
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<br /> .•:He further noted the waquoit Bay tic ,systems are causing a small per-_ _Victoria H. Lowe11 -and Arthur P..
<br /> ,National Estuarine Research Reserve ventage of the�proble' s in••the river, Vidal, Falmouth Hospital Founda�-
<br /> has received a federal grant to build "The ordinary house is not`:a big per-. tion trustees, will host the meeting
<br /> r.. and answer uestions 'All residents
<br /> alternative septic systems and to study tentage part of the`problem;"he said.�'�: q -
<br /> rtheir �E; : • :.. ;.,;• ,: , :_ of the area are iinvited to attend and
<br /> } performance.- �� :? _ : l •�::Selectman George,R."costa ''noted'
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<br /> Mash: =R j . �..�.� - a: ,-.�•;: :ask any questions they may have
<br /> tee's Conservation-Agent Roti .that a majority of olderT homes near the -�
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<br /> . Sherman,who`described the ni- ,:�ashpee River are hot even on Title V _ Yr
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