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Working group hears Massachusetts model, treatment options as Connecticut data gaps complicate nitrogen planning
Summary
The Sewage Disposal Working Group was briefed on Massachusetts' nitrogen program and on-site treatment options; members heard that robust public data and two technologies (Nitrex, Nitro) meet stringent targets, while Connecticut data access and noncompliance limit near-term analysis.
The Sewage Disposal Working Group on sewage disposal met to review subcommittee findings on nitrogen-treatment approaches and data availability. David Potts, chair of the Nitrogen & Environment subcommittee, summarized a recent briefing with George Hoytfather from a Massachusetts testing center and said Massachusetts runs monitoring and enforcement with software and a small staff "with a budget of less than 250,000 a year." Potts said the state publishes data that can be filtered online and that two technologies, Nitrex and Nitro, "can consistently achieve" the lower nitrogen levels needed to protect watersheds.
Potts described…
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