The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection last week notified the town that it needed to come up with plan after five monitoring wells had detected levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances above the state standard.
The Oak Bluffs wastewater facility is poised to undergo a complete makeover in the next few years, reconfiguring the infrastructure and increasing the capacity for the town, hooking up new neighborhoods to the plant.
Poor air quality resulting from elevated ozone levels on Martha’s Vineyard may pose a risk to sensitive groups, according to an air quality advisory released by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Friday.
Health agents in West Tisbury are encouraging private property owners to take advantage of a free well water testing program to check for the chemicals known as PFAS.
With gas pumps once again locked and in violation of environmental regulations, R.M. Packer Co. and the town of Edgartown have come to a short-term agreement.
Owners of two up-Island restaurants said they were complying with state regulations following a bad water test that led to their closure late last week.
The state department of environmental protection ordered the drinking water shut off at the Chilmark Tavern and State Road Restaurant after total coliform bacteria and E. coli bacteria were found in routine water samples from the restaurants.
State Lists Alleged Violations at Home of Wastewater Chief
By CHRIS BURRELL
An investigation underway by the Massachusetts Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP) has found nine alleged violations of
state environmental codes on property in Oak Bluffs owned by Joseph N.
Alosso, chief operator of two municipal sewage treatment plants on the
Island and former board of health chairman in Oak Bluffs.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has
found elevated levels of lead in two samples of the Edgartown water
supply, a violation of state clean drinking water standards.
The violation forces the Edgartown water department to perform
additional testing on the public water supply and to inform the public
of the violation. An advertisement alerting residents to the violation
and paid for by the town appears in today's edition of the
Gazette.
A continuing contractual dispute between the state Department of Environmental Protection and the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth is delaying efforts to clean coastal waters all over the Cape and Islands, and must be solved quickly, state Sen. Robert O’Leary said yesterday.
The 11-month standoff has left towns without important data, compiled under the Massachusetts Estuaries Project, documenting the health and particularly the nutrient loading of their estuaries, bays and ponds. The information is needed for remediation and planning.
