The Town of Barnstable’s water resources are vitally important to how we as a community live, work, and play. A key step in the development of our Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan (CWMP), is understanding how our wastewater is currently treated.
Below you will find links to a series of videos aimed at providing our community with a behind the scenes look at Barnstable’s Water Pollution Control Facility as well as transparent conversation regarding the next generation of wastewater treatment and technology.
While engaging with members of our community, we are often asked questions about the costs associated with sewer expansion and wastewater treatment, construction schedules and timing, innovative and alternative solutions, and the matter of effluent. We hope this educational video series will provide you with a better understanding of how Barnstable continues to prioritize protecting and preserving our water resources.
Protecting the Town of Barnstable’s Water Quality and Quality of Life
Town experts are joined by the Association to Preserve Cape Cod in a discussion about Barnstable’s water quality. This video takes a closer look at how rapid growth and a proliferation of Title 5 septic systems have contributed to excess nutrients, which have impacted our water resources. Our water resources are the lifeblood of the Barnstable community. Being good stewards of our water is directly linked to promoting our economic health.
Click on the video above, or watch Protecting Barnstable’s Water Quality and Quality of Life here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uho27UKzh8
Water Pollution Control Division Tour: Treating Barnstable’s Wastewater
Where does wastewater go when it leaves your home or business and travels through the pipes of our municipal sewer system? How is it treated?
Recorded in 2020, Water Pollution Control Division Supervisor, Andrew Boule, gives Barnstable’s Government Access team a tour of the treatment plant and explains the ins-and-outs of Barnstable’s wastewater treatment process.
Click on the video above, or watch Water Pollution Control Division Tour: Treating Barnstable’s Wastewater here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGdsovowanc
Water Works: Revisiting the Water Pollution Control Division 4 Years Later
As a follow-up to the previous treatment plant tour, Department of Public Works Communications Manager, Kelly Collopy, revisits the facility four years later to discuss with Water Pollution Control Division Supervisor, Andrew Boule, how treatment technology is evolving.
Boule provides a refresher on the current wastewater treatment process while identifying areas of the treatment plant that need significant upgrades. Together, Boule and Collopy shed light on how Barnstable is pursuing next generation wastewater treatment through the Town’s proposed Nitrogen Improvements and New Headworks Facility Project.
Click on the video above, or watch Water Works: Water Pollution Control Division Facility Tour here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6zQwOyJo8o&t=2s
Water Works: A Conversation about Wastewater
Department of Public Works Communications Manager, Kelly Collopy, sits down with Department of Public Works Assistant Director Robert Steen, P.E. and Water Pollution Control Division Supervisor, Andrew Boule, to discuss the next generation of wastewater treatment being pursued in Barnstable.
Together the group works through common questions heard from the community regarding the costs associated with expanding and upgrading our wastewater infrastructure, the timing, the role of alternative technologies, and effluent. The conversation also includes a look at how upgrading the current wastewater treatment facility will position the Town well for addressing future needs, such as contaminants of emerging concern.
Click on the video above, or watch Water Works: A Conversation about Wastewater here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccmeCNGRGBs&t=4s
