Session 6: Wastewater
Channel: Watershed Action Alliance
Date: 2015-05-20

The Future of Water in Southeastern Massachusetts, April 24, 2015
Session 6: Wastewater

The wastewater session, moderated by Topher Hamblett, Director of Advocacy and Policy for Save The Bay, focused on issues with the EPA permitting of wastewater treatment plants in the Taunton River watershed, and alternative wastewater treatment systems being used to remove nitrogen from effluent on Cape Cod. David Webster, an environmental engineer with three decades of experience with nutrient permitting and water quality issues at the US Environmental Protection Agency, discussed the ongoing permitting process for the City of Brockton and other wastewater treatment plants in the Taunton River watershed. Scott Horsley, a Principal at Horsley Witten Group, discussed techniques being used on Cape Cod to treat nitrogen in ground water and establish newer methods for treating sewage through infiltration.