The "Title 5" amendments to reduce nitrogen pollution in bays and estuaries in targeted areas on the Cape and South Coast offer two alternatives: residents upgrade their septic systems within five ...

Cape Cod homeowners weigh costs of septic system regulatory changes ... O’Keefe said Falmouth would not be able to meet nitrogen reduction requirements within the permit’s 20-year lifespan, ...

Public comment is open until July 11 for Wellfleet Harbor protection plan. The town must reduce nitrogen levels per state ...

MassDEP reports that installation costs of nitrogen removal technologies for private septic systems range from $17,000 to $36,000. A commenter shared that they received quotes for new systems ...

Homeowners in the Springs Protection zones may apply for a $7,500 grant, from those funds, to be used towards converting their conventional septic systems to advanced nitrogen reducing systems.

Over three dozen local and regional real estate professionals attended the Chesapeake Bay & Rivers Association of Realtors ...

Replacing a traditional septic system for a single-family home with a nitrogen-filtering system could cost up to $35,000. Upgrading an existing system to add additional filtration for nitrogen ...

Among the 126,000 parcels on the Cape with on-site septic systems, only a fraction — 1,937 parcels — are innovative or alternative septic systems that filter out nitrogen.

Most nitrogen leakage comes from on-site septic systems, Suuberg said, which contribute approximately 85% of the wastewater flow into Cape Cod's embayments.

WESTFIELD — The Conservation Commission unanimously approved the installation of new technology in the form of an innovative nitrogen removal system over an existing septic tank at 216.5 ...