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Falmouth committee hears Little Pond watershed analysis showing town already close to TMDL target
Summary
Consultants told the Water Quality Management Committee that updated water‑use and connection data reduce Little Pond’s controllable nitrogen load to about 1,900 kg—just under the TMDL target—while discussion focused on monitoring, credits and when a contingency (traditional sewer/IA) would be required.
The Water Quality Management Committee reviewed an updated Little Pond watershed analysis on April 29 that shows recent sewer connections and credits have reduced the pond’s controllable nitrogen load to about 1,900 kilograms, slightly below the TMDL target of 1,956 kilograms, consultant Kristen Rathsdon of ScienceWares said.
"With the updated water‑use data and the homes already sewered in the Little Pond sewer service area, that reduced about 5,200 kilograms," Rathsdon said, summarizing the model results and how credits for the town’s fertilizer bylaw, stormwater work and atmospheric deposition factor into accounting.
The nut‑graf: the finding matters because it affects whether the town must move to a contingency that relies on traditional technologies…
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