Existing Wastewater Treatment Facilities

Centralized Systems

Town

Existing Facility

Existing Flow
(MGD)

Town Subsidized

Enterprise Account

District

Operator

Barnstable

Y

4.2 mgd

Y

Y

N

DPW (Water Pollution Control)

Bourne

Tied to Wareham

.2 mgd
(est)

Y

Bourne Sewer Dept.

Brewster

N

Chatham

Y

.15 mgd*

Y

N

N

Water & Sewer Dept./ Contract Ops

Dennis

N

Eastham

N

Falmouth

Y

1.2 mgd

Y

Y

DPW

Harwich

N

Mashpee

N

Orleans

Septage only

.2 mgd 

N

N

Y

Tri-town Septage District

Provincetown

Y

.5 mgd

Y

Y

N

Woodard & Curran 

Sandwich

N

Truro

N

Wellfleet

N

Yarmouth

Septage only

.11 mgd

N

Private (Aqua-Source)

Individual On-Site

Cluster Systems

Satellite Plants
(Groundwater Discharge Permits)

Town

All
Systems
(est)

Enhanced
Treatment

All
Systems

Enhanced
Treatment

Barnstable

19,600

58

3

2

2

Bourne

8,100

107

not available

0

3

Brewster

700

30

1

0

3

Chatham

5,900

95

6

4

1

Dennis

12,600

183

8

8

2

Eastham

5,400

123

3

3

1

Falmouth

18,500

151

15

11

4

Harwich

8,100

23

4

4

4

Mashpee

6,800

262

2

2

9

Orleans

4,500

32

7

7

3

Provincetown

1,400

22

not available

0

0

Sandwich

8,100

*23

2

*2

4

Truro

1,900

12

2

2

0

Wellfleet

3,300

78

2

2

1

Yarmouth

13,900

76

5

5

7

Total 

122,700

1275

60

52

44