Incumbent Bob Palucci emphasizes septic, well testing and shoreline protections in Lakeville Board of Health interview

Bob Palucci, an incumbent member of the Town of Lakeville Board of Health and former board chair, said he is seeking re-election and emphasized the board’s role in septic permitting, well-water testing and shoreline protection during a candidate interview aired on Lake Ham.

“The Board of Health’s job is to protect the lake, the groundwater, the aquifer, people's wells, to put as little nitrogen in the ground as possible,” Palucci said, summarizing the public-health priorities he cited in the interview.

Palucci framed his priorities around longstanding local issues. He noted his 15 years on the board, his experience responding to a major shoreline flood early in his term — which required on-site inspections and coordination with federal disaster officials — and the board’s use of state Title 5 requirements and “advanced treatment” denitrification systems for sensitive shorefront areas.

He said the board’s everyday work centers on septic permitting and inspections under Title 5, well-water testing, food-establishment inspections and mosquito and tick-borne disease information-sharing. Palucci described the board as active in approving…