Barnstable Clean Water Coalition
Working for clean water in Barnstable
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The waters on Cape Cod are impaired by excess levels of nutrients, mainly nitrogen and phosphorous, and other contaminants. These waters include estuaries, ponds, lakes, streams and the sole source aquifer that provides our drinking water.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Water Quality Monitoring
Water quality monitoring is conducted in the Three Bays Estuary (comprised of North, West and Cotuit Bays), in the Marstons Mills River, and at freshwater ponds/lakes throughout the Town of Barnstable in conjunction with the UMass School for Marine Science and Technology, the Center for Coastal Studies, and the Town of Barnstable.
Herring Count Project
Since 2011, Each spring, alewives and blueback herring travel from Nantucket Sound, through the Three Bays Estuary and up the Marstons Mills River to spawn in Middle Pond. Since 2006, we have been actively involved in counting the herring as they pass through the Mill Pond herring run. This program, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Fish & Wildlife is a result of the very low numbers of fish returning to spawn in the past. Herring are counted by volunteers and the data is used by the State to calculate how many fish are passing through the system and to determine if their conservation efforts are working. We have approximately 50 volunteers stationed at the herring run to count fish from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. seven days a week for approximately 6-8 weeks (from mid-April through early June).
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Barnstable Clean Water Coalition is working to identify the sources of excess nutrients and pollutants in our waters, and to test and implement solutions that will restore and preserve clean water in the town of Barnstable.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Barnstable Clean Water Coalition (BCWC) uses education, monitoring, mitigation and advocacy to address the water quality issues facing our community.
BCWC educates stakeholders, residents and students about Barnstable's water quality challenges and solutions.
BCWC monitors the water quality of the bays, lakes and streams throughout the town by collecting baseline data that can be used to measure progress and success.
BCWC tests and implements Non-Traditional Technologies to clean our water, as well as supporting municipal treatment projects.
BCWC advocates for regulatory change to manage and address local water quality issues.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
BCWC is developing a comprehensive approach to reducing nitrogen loading and improving water quality by building partnerships with organizations and agencies, testing and using innovative technologies to address the nutrient problems that can be used in local and other watersheds on Cape Cod, and working with community leaders in support of municipal treatment.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
BCWC has over 20 years of baseline water quality data for the Three Bays estuary and two years of baseline streamflow and nitrogen data for the Marstons Mills River. In addition, BCWC has collected water quality data at 31 ponds in Barnstable for the Ponds and Lake Stewardship (PALS) annual Snapshot event; monitored for marine invasive species at seven sites in the town; managed the annual river herring count along the Marstons Mills River at the Mill Pond fish ladder for the last five years; and worked with the Barnstable High School Environmental Club on a winter pond monitoring project.
In 2019, BCWC hopes:
* to expand its educational programming in the community through collaboration with Barnstable County
* to install and test innovative nitrogen-reducing technologies at sites along the Marstons Mills River
* to use the upweller project in Hyannis Harbor to raise 100,000 oysters from seed for placement in local waters to mature to harvestable-size while educating the public on the benefits of shellfish to water quality and the local economy
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Barnstable Clean Water Coalition
Board of directorsas of 06/18/2019
Mr Michael Egan
President
Term: 2015 - 2023
Donald Schwinn
Community Volunteer
Edward Crosby
Community Volunteer
Mark Curley
Community Volunteer
John Fallon
Community Volunteer
John Kiley
Community Volunteer
Thomas Lloyd
Community Volunteer
Margaret Rowland
Community Volunteer
Frederick Wrightson
Community Volunteer
Audra Parker
Community Volunteer
John Kassakian
Community Volunteer
Laureen Pfizenmaier
Community Volunteer