Chapter 7 - INSTITUTIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS 



Cape Cod Aquifer Management Project Final Report 



Page 75 



SELECTED HAJOR FINDINGS 



TABLE 7.1 

 KEY CCAMP RECONHENDATIONS 



REGIONAL LEVEL 



STATE LEVEL 



FEDERAL LEVEL 



8. Small 

 conmercial 

 businesses 

 with potent ial 

 irrpact on 

 water supplies 

 are not 

 adequately 

 control led. 



9. NLineroos 

 septage 

 pits end 

 lagoons 

 contaminating 

 groindwater 

 across the 

 Cape (See «5) 



Ensure proper drain 

 design and appropriate 

 DEQE permit before 

 al lowing bui Iding 

 occupancy 



Conduct an inventory 

 of these businesses 

 by town; concentrate 

 in Zone I Is for towns 

 on ptfclic water 

 Enforce pretreatment 

 requirements in 

 sewered areas. 

 Adopt toxics bylaws 

 Inspect facilities; 

 educate owners; 

 enforce bylaws 

 Hire professional 

 staff 



- Towns should have a 

 waste water study 

 conmittee to ensure 

 future needs are 

 met 



* Should pursue a 

 long-term solution 

 (e.g. septage treat- 

 ment plant) 



- Coordinate with 

 neighboring 

 comtLTiities 



Technical assist- 

 ance to Boards of 

 Health (BOH) 

 Model toxics bylaw 

 Organize registra- 

 tion of Small Quan- 

 tity Gerterators 

 Coordinate hazard- 

 ous-waste 

 col lections 



RPA should 

 encourage intertown 

 cooperation towards 

 regional solutions 

 Should transmit new 

 research results to 

 towns 



DEQE should dras- 

 tically increase 

 enforcement of 

 groLDckater discharge 

 permit program 

 Develop joint DHW/DUPC 

 inspection program to 

 look at waste stream 

 as a whole. 

 Provide guidance to 

 BOHs on alternatives 

 to floor drains 

 Utilize Zone II 

 boundaries to set 

 inspection priorities 

 Develop a strong state 

 source reduction pro- 

 gram 



DEQE DHU/OSW and DEH 

 OSWH should engage in 

 outreach, education, 

 and planning 



DEQE should continue 

 aggressive enforcement 

 against illegal pits 

 and lagoons 

 ' Should ensure pronpt 

 consideration of above 

 town's 201 construct- 

 ion grant 

 applications 



• Improve coordination 

 with towns throughout 

 grants process 



• Promote regional 

 solutions 



■ Should research 

 (mpacts of septage 

 effluent 



EPA should research 

 cuiulative risk to 

 water st^lies from 

 a rurber of small 

 sources. 



USGS should enter 

 into cooperative 

 programs for hydro- 

 geological research 

 on risk associated 

 with these sources 

 EPA should conduct 

 research on 

 non- hazardous 

 product substi- 

 tution and source 

 reduction 



• EPA should continue 

 to provide partial 

 finding for 

 construction of 

 septage treatment- 

 facilities 



- EPA should ensure 

 grant ranking 

 systems to ade- 

 quately consider 

 groundwater threats 



- uses and EPA should 

 conduct research on 

 new technologies 

 and on groindwater 

 contamination from 

 septage 



