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County's Clean Water Center outlines septic-utility services, urine-diversion pilot and $417,000 grant
Summary
Barnstable County's Clean Water Center briefed commissioners on on-site septic utility services, workforce training plans, a urine-diversion pilot tied to a Gates Foundation project and a $417,000 grant to install and monitor 25 systems in Falmouth watersheds.
Brian Horsley, director of the county's wastewater division and Clean Water Center, told commissioners that the county's septic utility (an RME-style responsible management entity) can offer database tracking, sampling, operations support and, in some cases, full management of on-site nitrogen-removing systems.
Horsley described workforce shortages and said the center is preparing training and certification classes for on-site system operators. He also highlighted finance "calculator" tools developed…
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