IMPLEMENTING THE 208 PLAN UPDATE ON

CAPE COD

A NEW APPROACH

NEXT STEPS

• To develop

watershed reports

• Scenarios form outer

bounds of adaptive

management plan

12 MONTHS

Certification of

Section 208

Plan Update by

The Governor

JUNE 15

Remediation,

restoration and

on-site reduction

approaches

Non-Collection

Scenario

Traditional

collection and

treatment

Collection

Scenario Achieves design

load reduction

Uses collection and

non-collection

approaches

Hybrid Scenario

• If not completed by WMAs

• Based on feedback

• Prepared by the Commission

DEFAULT WATERSHED REPORT

• Post 12 month period

• Will describe WMA action to date

• Prepared by the Commission

IMPLEMENTATION REPORT

TECHNICAL

ASSISTANCE

Enhancing town

expertise to

aid local

implementation

REGULATORY

FLEXIBILITY

Ensuring consistency

with Regional Plans

FINANCIAL

RESOURCES

Providing access to

new sources of

revenue

INITIAL COST

Estimate to sewer the entire

Cape

$6-8BILLION

CAPE-WIDE COST

RWMP estimate sewers to meet

MEP water quality goals

$4.6-6.2 BILLION

208 UPDATE COST

Estimate to meet water quality

standards

$2-3.8BILLION

THREE BAYS STUDY

LOCATION: Barnstable, MA

SIZE: 19.46 Square Miles

HOUSEHOLDS: 6,285

WATER QUALITY: IMPAIRED2,435Households

within 10 minute

walk of water in

Three Bays

Three Bays Watershed

THREE BAYS STUDY

DEVELOPMENT

IN THE THREE BAYS

WATERSHED

1950

DEVELOPMENT

IN THE THREE BAYS

WATERSHED

1960

DEVELOPMENT

IN THE THREE BAYS

WATERSHED

1970

DEVELOPMENT

IN THE THREE BAYS

WATERSHED

1980

DEVELOPMENT

IN THE THREE BAYS

WATERSHED

1990

DEVELOPMENT

IN THE THREE BAYS

WATERSHED

2000

DEVELOPMENT

IN THE THREE BAYS

WATERSHED

Present

Massachusetts Estuaries Project’s Threshold is the ideal level of nitrogen for a healthy water body

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0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Mean WQ Three Bays MEP Threshold

Threshold for healthy water

Present nitrogen levels

THREE BAYS TOTAL NITROGEN LEVELS(MGL)

FOR EVERY

IN WATER QUALIT Y

1% DECREASE

IN PROPER T Y VALUES

0.61% DECREASE

FINDINGS

IF

HAD BEEN TAKEN IN

NITROGEN

ACTION

TO REDUCE

2005

AND IF THAT

ACTIONRESULTED IN

2013

3% LESSTOTAL NITROGEN BY

AVERAGE HOME VALUE WOULD BE

$16,622to

2013

$32,962HIGHER IN

IN THREE BAY S TUDY AREA

ALONETHAT REPRESENT S A

$41-80 MILLIONVALUE LOSS

2,435Properties

within 10 minute

walk of water in

Three Bays

40,349Properties

Within 10 minute

Walk of nitrogen

Impaired

watershed 34%of all Cape Cod

households

38%of Three Bays

households

CAPE-WIDELOSS COULD BE I N

HUNDREDS OF MILLIONSOVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS