Wastewater concerns continue to hover over the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital’s proposed new nursing home facility off the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, with selectmen voting Monday to commission an independent analysis.
A nine-month investigation by state and local police into possible fraud at the Edgartown wastewater treatment plant concluded this week with a criminal complaint against an Island septic hauler, alongside allegations of widespread mismanagement at the sewer plant and possible ethics violations by town employees and elected officials.
Tracing the Problem
The algal bloom in Edgartown Great Pond has prompted much well-justified discussion and concern.The following is intended to provide a little additional detail on prospective solutions to improve the health of the pond.
Long-Running Case Goes to High Court
Edgartown Wastewater Treatment Plant Under Legal Seige for Ten Years
Over Its Discharge Permit
By IAN FEIN
A decade-long legal battle examining the environmental merits of the
Edgartown sewer system and wastewater treatment plant came before the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court last week.
The court heard arguments on the case last Thursday and will likely
issue a decision sometime this spring.
