Orleans Pond Coalition

Orleans, Massachusetts

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  • About
    • Overview
    • Mission/Vision
    • Board of Directors
    • Business and Community Members
  • Our Waters
    • Orleans’ Watersheds
    • Freshwater Ponds
      • Baker’s Pond
      • Boland Pond
      • Cedar Pond
      • Crystal Lake
      • Deep Pond
      • Gould Pond
      • Icehouse Pond
      • Meadow Bog
      • Pilgrim Lake
      • Reubens Pond
      • Sarah’s Pond
      • Shoal Pond
      • Twinings Pond
      • Uncle Harvey’s Pond
      • Uncle Israel’s
      • Uncle Seth’s
    • Estuaries
      • Cape Cod Bay
      • Nauset
      • Pleasant Bay
        • Lonnie’s (aka Kescayogansett) Pond
    • Drinking Water
    • Wastewater Challenges
    • The Orleans Blue Pages — A Guide to Protecting Cape Cod Waters
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    • Oxygenation Demonstration Project
    • Cyanobacteria Monitoring Program
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  • Celebrate Our Waters
    • 2022 Celebrate Our Waters – A Look Back
    • 2022 Celebrate Our Waters Event Activities
    • 2022 Celebrate Our Waters Event Schedule
    • 2022 Celebrate Our Waters Event Locations
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Drinking Water

The Town of Orleans water system is supplied by groundwater through 8 wells and a membrance filtration plant. Water supply and pressure is maintained by 2 water storage reservoirs having a total capacity of 3 million gallons. The distribution system, with 102 miles of water mains and 939 hydrants, services over 5000 accounts.
Start up of the new Orleans Water Treatment Plant took place in March 2005. The facility is state-of-the-art, with ultra filtration membranes that are designed to remove iron and manganese from the water and provide a barrier to particles as small as bacteria and viruses. Only a few treatment plants across the country can match, or compete with the technology we use to produce drinking water.
Orleans Water Quality Reports Link: http://www.town.orleans.ma.us/water-department/pages/water-quality-reports
Remember that everything that starts on the ground eventually breaks down and finds its way into our watersheds. Check out what’s upstream of  the Cliff Pond well, the Gould Pond well, and well 7.

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

Our Mission

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

OrleansPondCoalition@gmail.com

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