Orleans Pond Coalition

Orleans, Massachusetts

Dedicated to the health of Orleans waterways for over 20 years.

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2023 Celebrate Our Waters: A Look Back

It Takes A Village

As president of the Orleans Pond Coalition, I’d like to express our gratitude to everyone who planned and participated in the 12th annual Celebrate Our Waters weekend.

We had organized more than 30 free Celebrate Our Waters events, in partnership with the town, but due to the extreme weather forecasts, had to greatly scale back the weekend. The work that goes into creating such a complex three-day event and then carefully unwinding it demonstrated to me that it indeed takes a village to do big things.

In the end we were able to offer a small sampling of opportunities to “celebrate.” On Friday, for example, the town held tours of the new wastewater treatment plant, and more than 50 people showed up to learn about the facility firsthand. Our thanks go to Amy Hunter, of AECOM, Edwin McAuliffe, the wastewater project manager, and his team for leading the tours. Sewering the town of Orleans is the single biggest step we can take to protect our shared waters. Cause for celebration? You bet!

Our thanks go also to the many town employees, vendors and volunteers who offered their time and talent to the events. There are too many to list here. However, I do want to give a special shout out to Jan Donovan, our event coordinator. This was Jan’s first year leading and organizing Celebrate Our Waters, and she did a tremendous job. Thank you, Jan!

Our goal in creating the Celebrate Our Waters weekend is to bring people together and remind us of the vital role our shore, estuaries, ponds, and lakes play in our lives. While Hurricane Lee altered our celebration, I think we can all agree Orleans and our waters are special. Let’s continue to preserve, protect and celebrate them.

Eric Spengler, president
Orleans Pond Coalition

One of several tour groups gather at the entrance:
Amy Hunter of AECOM explains the Facility’s operations:
The odor control tank:
Myriad of pumps moving the wastewater here and there:
The groups of players in the tanks:
Staff tour guides and workers talk with visitors:
One of the two tanks used to treat the wastewater with microorganisms:
The good, the bad, and the ugly:
Yoga at the Beach

About Orleans Pond Coalition

Orleans Pond Coalition, Inc. is a volunteer organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the saltwater estuaries and freshwater ponds and lakes of Orleans. Our work includes offering educational programs to encourage mindful land use practices, sponsoring water quality research, working with community, regional and state organizations to formulate constructive policies to protect our … Learn More

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Orleans Pond Coalition is dedicated to the protection and health of our shared watersheds, estuaries, ponds and lakes.

Orleans   Pond   Coalition
PO Box 2485
Orleans, MA 02653

info@orleanspondcoalition.org

OPC is a volunteer organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the saltwater estuaries and freshwater ponds and lakes of Orleans, MA.

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