[SEMCO] Buzzards Bay Coalition's Decision Makers Workshop will provide solutions for towns and cities to plan and pay for nitrogen pollution cleanup

[Alicia Pimental]

*Buzzards Bay Coalition’s Decision Makers Workshop will provide solutions
for towns and cities to plan and pay for nitrogen pollution cleanup*

*Free workshop offered on April 3 at Massachusetts Maritime Academy in
Bourne*



The problems of nitrogen pollution are becoming all too familiar for
communities across Southeastern Massachusetts. Coastal waters are clogged
with algae each summer, threatening tourism, fisheries and the quality of
life of the region’s residents.



The need to act is clear – but how to plan and pay for a cleanup is not. To
help local cities and towns take action to reduce nitrogen pollution, the
Buzzards Bay Coalition is hosting a free workshop on Wednesday, April 3 at
Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne.



The workshop will highlight comprehensive planning and innovative funding
solutions at the local, regional and state levels.



   - Paul Niedzwiecki, executive director of the Cape Cod Commission, will
   talk about the process and implications of regional planning. Cape Cod
   recently received $3.35 million from the Commonwealth to develop a regional
   wastewater management plan to reduce nutrient pollution to the Cape’s
   waterways to meet water quality standards.



   - Jag Khuman, director of the Maryland Dept. of the Environment Water
   Quality Financing Administration, will discuss strategies for funding a
   cost-effective cleanup. Maryland’s Bay Restoration Fund, instituted in
   2004, raises more than $100 million each year to upgrade the state’s major
   wastewater treatment plants and individual septic systems to reduce
   nutrient discharges to the Chesapeake Bay.



   - Dr. Robert Duncanson, director of the Chatham Dept. of Health and the
   Environment, will speak about how comprehensive wastewater planning at the
   local level can lead to funding and achieve results.



The Decision Makers Workshop is appropriate for anybody looking for
solutions to reduce nitrogen pollution, but is particularly beneficial for
town officials and staff, as well as community members and businesses with
a concern for clean water. The workshop is approved for Training Contact
Hours for wastewater treatment plant operators and septic system installers.



To register, contact Rob Hancock at Hancock at savebuzzardsbay.org or
508.999.6363 x222.



The April 3 workshop is the last of three Decision Makers Workshops the Bay
Coalition hosted this spring. A March 6 workshop in New Bedford shared the
latest innovations in reducing nitrogen in wastewater, and a workshop on
March 20 in East Wareham outlined solutions for reducing nitrogen from
stormwater, agriculture and landscaping.



For more information about the Decision Makers Workshop series, visit
www.savebuzzardsbay.org/DecisionMakers.





*Alicia Pimental, *Communications and Outreach Manager

*BUZZARDS BAY *COALITION

Main - 114 Front Street, New Bedford, MA 02740

Cape - 21 Luscombe Avenue, Woods Hole, MA 02543

Tel - 508-999-6363 x.226

*www.savebuzzardsbay.org*
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