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An engaged crowd of more than 50 listened to and questioned local leaders at The Light’s Community Conversation about nitrogen pollution and how communities are addressing it.

Cleaning up sewage and septic systems will come at a steep price, but leaders agree the time is now.

The Light shares the entire town hall style event here. Watch as New Bedford Light climate reporter Adam Goldstein, Dartmouth Public Works Board Chairman Rob Almy, Westport Planning Board Vice Chair Bob Daylor, Fairhaven Public Works Director Vinnie Furtado and Buzzards Bay Coalition clean water advocacy Vice President Korrin N. Petersen, discuss this urgent issue and answer questions from the audience.

One reply on “A lively Community Conversation on nitrogen pollution”

  1. Thank you for hosting the New Bedford Light Community Nitrogen Pollution forum. This is an education for many in the area and should be used by each town to highlight the need and the solutions to remediate nitrogen pollution in the rivers, bay and sound. One potential solution that was not addressed is neighborhood and village solutions that use bioremediation as a regionalized solution, where monolithic systems are not applicable. Workable smaller scale solutions have a history of success with John Todd’s New Alchemy that use natural processes within greenhouse settings to reduce nitrogen and improve water quality. I recall visiting their
    Ecological Wastewater Treatment plants and was impressed with their utility and success. More can be learned at John Todd Ecological Design: https://www.toddecological.com/about
    Ecological wastewater treatment companies have since expanded locally:
    https://www.buildinggreen.com/feature/ecological-wastewater-treatment
    Ecological design has been in use in Europe for decades with great success, with a gentler impact upon the land and sea. These systems are great alternatives for villages, rural locations, and communities with septic systems. With climate change, the impacts of excessive rains and flooding and sea level rise may prompt a rethinking of how our sewerage is handled. It is important that we understand the issues and plan ahead.

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