Information about Estuaries and Near Coastal Watersdecember 2001-Issue 11. 6

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000136610
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 0.6 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Information about Estuaries and Near Coastal Watersdecember 2001-Issue 11. 6
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


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Description
Excerpt: The Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center recently published initial test results of the effectiveness of alternative septic system designs in preventing pollution. The Alternative Septic System Test Center was constructed at the Massachusetts Military Reservation on Cape Cod by the Buzzards Bay Project National Estuary Program (BBP), in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Barnstable County Department of Health and the Environment (BCHED), and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's School for Marine Science and Technology. The Test Center was established to help meet the Commonwealth's need for cost-

Table of Contents
Table of Contents Buzzards Bay Project Releases Septic System Test Center Results Boston Harbor Beach Study Suggests a Change in Beach Management Return of the Natives: Restoring Fish Runs on the Blackstone River New Technology Could Put the Brakes on Oil Spills in Speedy Rivers Leveraging Funds in the National Estuary Program Report on Introduced Species in U.S. Coastal Waters Smart Growth Fact Sheet Condition of the U.S. Coastal Waters is Fair to Poor