Please Join us for
The SUMMER EDITION
The theme and focus this weekend is:
Water Quality and Testing.
When: Friday June 6th & Saturday June 7 th
Water quality across Cape Cod and in Orleans shows that our waters are degrading. Science has taught us that the major causes are excess nutrients from wastewater, fertilizer and runoff finding its way into our shared waters. We are offering informative, interactive and fun hands-on opportunities for you to learn more about the state of our waters, how water quality is evaluated and the solutions being put in place to address this problem. You won’t want to miss this opportunity!
What’s being planned:
Friday, June 6th
Tours of the Orleans Wastewater Treatment Facility
Location: 20 Overland Way, Orleans, MA
Time: Sessions at 3:15 p.m., 3:45 p.m., 4:15 p.m. – registration only
PLEASE ARRIVE 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE START OF YOUR TOUR. ALL TOURS WILL DEPART PROMPTLY AT THE SCHEDULED TIME.
This is your opportunity to see Orleans’ State-of-art wastewater treatment plant. This is our #1 strategy to help protect Orleans’ shared waters.
The tour includes a walk-through of the facility and the opportunity to ask any questions you may have about the current plans for Orleans wastewater management.
Saturday, June 7th
Join us at Depot Square ‘Under the Tent” 9:30am-12:30pm
You will have a chance to meet water quality organizations and nonprofits. The experts. And experience a fun and interactive opportunity, that’s appropriate for the whole family, to better understand how these organizations are working to protect our waters! Some of these organizations include:
- APCC – Cyano monitoring & Pond Bio-survey
- Marine & Freshwater Quality Committee / Shellfish Waterways
- Hands on demos!
- Pollinator Pathways
- Friends of Pleasant Bay
- Mass Oyster Project
- Silent Spring – STEEP
- Orleans Eco-Art
- Old Ladies against Underwater Garbage
- Orleans Open Space Committee
- Nauset High School Green Club
- Center for Coastal Studies
