A diagram explains how bioretention beds work.
This hard-edged bed is similar to the one proposed for the area in front of the parking lot.
This bioretention bed features plants similar to those proposed for Besse Park.
Besse Park could get a facelift through new stormwater retention and treatment beds filled with native grasses, wildflowers, and shrubs.
The park was identified by the Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program as an area that could benefit from better stormwater management.
The plan was presented at the Feb. 3 Conservation Commission meeting.
The park has two storm drains: one collecting water from the park and parking lot and one collecting water from a wider section of Main Street. Both discharge directly into the Agawam River, which is polluted and sensitive to additional pollutants.
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More than 80 people logged into a remote meeting to discuss and debate a proposed wastewater discharge project designed to clean up Buzzards Bay, Buttermilk Bay and other waterways on the Upper Cape. Many of the people who logged on for the meeting expressed reservations about the efficacy of the project, which calls for discharge of wastewater from Warehamâs treatment plant directly into the Cape Cod Canal.
The project was debated at length for more than two hours during the Bourne Board of Sewer Commissioners remote meeting on Tuesday last week, January 26. The project is being championed by the Buzzards Bay Coalition. Representatives of the coalition attended the meeting and said implementation of their plan would remove nearly 100,000 pounds of nitrogen pollution annually from Upper Cape waterways and estuaries.
Feb 2, 2021
Editor’s note: The Buzzard’s Bay Coalition presented plans for a regional wastewater treatment solution at a Bourne Planning Board Meeting on Jan. 26.
To the Editor:
The Buzzards Bay Coalition (BBC) continues to promote the idea of a regional wastewater solution centered at the Wareham plant on the Agawam River, that would treat waste from Bourne, Wareham, Plymouth, Marion, and Mass Maritime Academy. Conceptually it’s a good idea, as waste treatment plants have high fixed costs and are increasingly required to make large capital investments to meet new environmental regulations. Scale is important. The large plants treat more waste and are able to spread the high fixed costs over more ratepayers, lowering the average cost per rate payer.