10/21/1987 PLANNING BOARD Minutes

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NUSHPEE PI-Xa4-I-NG BCARD ME-ETU4G Wednesday, October 21 , 1987 Planning Boatel Members Present: Richardson Jonas, Scott McAskill, Louise Behnian, Judy Mills and Tony Ferra, amo. Also Present: Town Engineer-Charle3 Rowley and Town Planner-Tom Fudala. Dr. William Kerfoot - Report on status, of Mashpee//Santuit Rivers Water uality Study. Dr. Kerfoot; They have been involved for a year under a contract with the Town for study of the Santuit and Mashpee River watershed. A plan was presented showing a yellow area which represented the watershed area for the Mashpee River and a red area showing the Santxdt watershed,. One of the reasons they were asked to go forward with the study was because these areas show chronic bacterial pollution. In fact, shell- fish beds have been closed down periodically for some time. There have been a number of historical studies attempting to discover what the soiLrcea of bacteria are. They have been. asked specifically to do septic leaching suz-veys along the shore area. They have been asked to look at the distribution of that 'aave been thought to '-e a source of bacteria; and, I-ea erally lcok at oauses as to why this occurs. 3asically the bacteria: con-cents are the 'a-ighest at Shoe String Bay. At Mashpee and ,shoe 3tring Bay the counts are higher in the su=er time and lower in the winter time. The area is not a heavily developed region, 30 it is surprising that there is a persistent bacterial content. Along the Mashpee IUver there are about fifty-six locations that are discharge areas. There is " lot of road nm off. Another aspect they looked into was to conduct, a septic leaching survey along the shoreline areas. 'There were a few locations that there will be t")-arther inveatigation in this a'eve llopaieht. They were also involved in taking samples along the river area. 'When it turns orange or red it is normal.