SANDWICH — On the southeastern edge of Joint Base Cape Cod, at an unassuming spot between the Francis A. Crane Wildlife Management Area and Otis Air National Guard Base, experimentation is taking ...

The Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center (MASSTC) in Sandwich has received nearly $3.3 million in state and federal funds to expand its wastewater research facility. Pollution from ...

As Jennifer Loughran led a tour of Barnstable Clean Water Coalition’s Shubael Pond Project, she called a newly installed NitROE wastewater treatment septic system a “living laboratory.” “Maybe ...

This graphic shows how septic tanks and leach fields operate. Provided graphic Among the bills awaiting additional action from Indiana lawmakers in the back half of the legislative session are two ...

BARNSTABLE, MA — Ever heard of "reinvented toilets?" Well, the Barnstable County Commissioners recently approved a grant to establish them on Cape Cod. The Barnstable County Commissioners voted ...

Barnstable County celebrated the grand opening of the newly expanded Clean Water Center at the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center in Sandwich Sept. 26. The ribbon cutting brought ...

The Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center, or MASSTC, is a premier site for wastewater research located on Cape Cod. Some of their tests involve adding woodchips to septic systems to ...

More than 80 percent of the wastewater treatment solutions in Cape Cod, Mass., are onsite septic systems. While having them in place has helped reduce many of the public health threats that can arise ...

PARMA, Ohio -- The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued a preliminary report that clears the way for a $1.5 million project that will eliminate failing household sewage treatment systems in ...