Marine & Fresh Water Quality Committee

Orleans water quality committee advances two major pond projects. Planning Director George Meservey reported that Baker Pond alum treatment moved to bidding after Town Meeting approval of Warrant Article 31, which secured $215,000 for water quality initiatives including Cedar Pond sediment

Marine & Fresh Water Quality Committee endorses five warrant articles for May town meeting. The committee unanimously voted 7-0-0 to support Articles 25, 26, 29, 31, and 32, including $215,000 for water quality monitoring and Cedar Pond restoration and $45,000 for Mill Pond aquaculture. Articles 25

Marine and Fresh Water Quality Committee receives herring run update and sets sampling schedule. Nate Sears, Town Natural Resources Manager, reported that the Pilgrim Lake herring run fishway improvement project is in conceptual design phase, funded by a $1 million federal grant and $400,000 town

Orleans water quality committee unanimously backs $215,000 warrant article for May Town Meeting. Chair Carolyn Auty and the Marine and Fresh Water Quality Committee voted to support funding for three regulatory compliance programs (Lonnie's Pond, Cedar Pond, and Namskaket Marsh monitoring totaling

Marine and Fresh Water Quality Committee approves prior minutes, tables pond testing request. Chair Carolyn Auty convened five of seven members on February 3 to hear an update from WMAC representative Robert Mullin on wastewater system phases; Phase 2 construction targets end-of-February