[SEMCO] Results of Permeable Reactive Barrier wastewater treatment research at Waquoit Bay Reserve tonight

[Muller, Joan (DCR)]

Research Coffee House Series at Waquoit Bay Reserve continues with “Wastewater problems on Cape Cod: Can wood chips be used to clean up our groundwater?”
On Thursday, March 22, at 7:00 pm, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve’s Community Coffee House Series: Research at the Reserve continues with “Wastewater problems on Cape Cod: Can wood chips be used to clean up our groundwater?” The featured speaker will be Dr. Ken Foreman, researcher at the Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory. For the past six years, Dr. Foreman, several of his colleagues at the MBL Ecosystems Center, and their students, have been testing an innovative strategy for cleaning up nutrient pollution in Cape Cod bays. Two of these systems, called Permeable Reactive barriers, were installed at the shoreline of Waquoit Bay several years ago. What is the principle behind them, how well do they work, what are the potential benefits and what are the problems?  How long might they last and how expensive would they be to build?  In this talk Dr. Foreman will report on what they’ve learned so far and discuss how such barriers might be part of the solution for cleaning up Cape Cod’s coastal ponds.

Each Thursday evening during the last three weeks of March, a different scientist will discuss their research at the Waquoit Bay Reserve. In addition to explaining the research they’re doing, they will include personal anecdotes on how they did the science and how they feel their research will make a difference to those sitting in the audience. This series was created to help expose community members to cutting edge science in a relaxed and informal way. The interactive coffee house format helps people feel equally comfortable asking questions and joining in the discussion or just sitting back and listening to the scientists’ stories of their work.

Doors open at 6:45 pm with a chance to view the exhibits in the visitor center and sample some homemade sweets and coffee and tea. Participants are encouraged to bring their own mug.
Admission is free. For more information, call 508-457-0495 x 107 or 108. Waquoit Bay Reserve is located at 149 Waquoit Highway (route 28), Waquoit, Massachusetts.

Reserve Research Coordinator Chris Weidman will wrap up the series on March 29 with “Cape Cod Storm Chasers.” For more information and a downloadable flyer, go to www.waquoitbayreserve.org<http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org>





Joan Muller
Education Coordinator
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
149 Waquoit Hwy.
Box 3092
Waquoit, MA 02536
508-457-0495 x107
www.waquoitbayreserve.org

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