cape cod commission 208 plan update
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• To develop
watershed reports
• Scenarios form outer
bounds of adaptive
management plan
12 MONTHS
Certification of
Section 208
Plan Update by
The Governor
JUNE 15
Remediation,
restoration and
on-site reduction
approaches
Non-Collection
Scenario
Traditional
collection and
treatment
Collection
Scenario Achieves design
load reduction
Uses collection and
non-collection
approaches
Hybrid Scenario
• If not completed by WMAs
• Based on feedback
• Prepared by the Commission
DEFAULT WATERSHED REPORT
• Post 12 month period
• Will describe WMA action to date
• Prepared by the Commission
IMPLEMENTATION REPORT
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
Enhancing town
expertise to
aid local
implementation
REGULATORY
FLEXIBILITY
Ensuring consistency
with Regional Plans
FINANCIAL
RESOURCES
Providing access to
new sources of
revenue
INITIAL COST
Estimate to sewer the entire
Cape
$6-8BILLION
CAPE-WIDE COST
RWMP estimate sewers to meet
MEP water quality goals
$4.6-6.2 BILLION
208 UPDATE COST
Estimate to meet water quality
standards
$2-3.8BILLION
LOCATION: Barnstable, MA
SIZE: 19.46 Square Miles
HOUSEHOLDS: 6,285
WATER QUALITY: IMPAIRED2,435Households
within 10 minute
walk of water in
Three Bays
Three Bays Watershed
THREE BAYS STUDY
Massachusetts Estuaries Project’s Threshold is the ideal level of nitrogen for a healthy water body
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Mean WQ Three Bays MEP Threshold
Threshold for healthy water
Present nitrogen levels
THREE BAYS TOTAL NITROGEN LEVELS(MGL)
2,435Properties
within 10 minute
walk of water in
Three Bays
40,349Properties
Within 10 minute
Walk of nitrogen
Impaired
watershed 34%of all Cape Cod
households
38%of Three Bays
households