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It maters not if YOU are; conservative, liberal, conservationist,retiree,businessman, <br /> worker bee, or beach bum. YOU are the problem. The waste water YOU generate gets <br /> into the groundwater watershed. This high Nitrogen content sponsors excessive plant <br /> growth which is choking our estuaries. We can stop this by happening by all the YOU'S <br /> moving out of town ... or addressing the problem in a spirit of co-operation. <br /> One very practical solution is to pipe"Green Recycled"water through an Outflow Pipe <br /> into an area of Nantucket Sound where huge tidal flows will dissipate the Nitrogen. <br /> Green Recycled water meaning water from a sewerage processing plant that is clean(no <br /> bacteria), clear(no odor), and sanitized (UV sterilized.) This is prohibited by the EPA <br /> due to previous dumping of raw sewerage by municipalities. Can we work to get the <br /> "Outflow Ruling"modified to allow"Green Recycled Water"? Contact your political <br /> representatives and the EPA <br /> A second very practical solution is to pipe"Green Recycled Water"into conservation and <br /> woodland areas where surface penetration will allow plants, trees, and decomposition <br /> (peat moss) will consume and/or convert Nitrogen compounds to harmless Nitrogen gas. <br /> This would be particularly useful in Mashpee where seasonal fluctuations are substantial. <br /> During the summer months these areas are dry and could significantly reduce the <br /> processing costs needed otherwise to reduce Nitrogen loading of our estuaries. Contact <br /> your Environmental Groups. <br /> A third very practical although limited solution is to copy the systems of"Green <br /> Recycled Water"in use in Florida, Arizona, California, and other areas where golf <br /> courses and municipal sites irrigate above ground to take advantage of the Nitrogen rich <br /> water to grow and maintain healthy turf. This does not pose any health problem as <br /> "Green Recycled Water" is clean, clear, odorless, and sanitized. Contact your golf <br /> courses and municipal field authorities. <br /> A fourth and critical issue is understanding that solving the Nitrogen Pollution problem is <br /> different than the"Phosphate", "Solvent", Medical Prescription", and other issues with <br /> our water resources. These are best addressed through education, legislation, collection <br /> etc. Mashpee and other Cape towns have active programs and groups addressing these <br /> issues. <br /> Mashpee's Nitrogen Pollution will be addressed with a comprehensive plan to process <br /> septic water into "Green Recycled Water"with substantially reduced Nitrogen content. <br /> This water will then be reintroduced to our watersheds in a manner which will continue <br /> to minimize the"YOU"Nitrogen getting into our estuaries. <br /> In the following months if volunteer groups can: help educate the general public, help <br /> relax political positions that were enacted for good reason in their time, help open public <br /> areas to be part of the solution,help focus on Nitrogen not other political agenda, <br /> Mashpee will be a leader in cleaning up our Cape Cod estuaries. As a leader we will get <br /> our share of Grant, Target, and Subsidized Funds to reduce the costs associated with <br /> cleaning up the"YOU"pollution. <br />