Effluent Disposal and Reuse Planning Guidance Case Study Report for Barnstable, MA.

Stearns & Wheler-GHD Inc., February 2005

This document has been prepared to assist communities in coastal Massachusetts (Cape Cod) and other coastal communities to identify land-based, treated-water recharge technologies that are protective of the environment and cost effective.  

In seeking locations for land recharge, communities must consider the following:

•    Is there sufficient land available?
•    Will the soil and groundwater conditions at the available land be suitable?
•    Are there sensitive ecological systems in the vicinity of the available land that could be impacted?
•    What recharge technology is the most appropriate?

This document presents a general procedure for identifying and characterizing candidate sites and selecting appropriate recharge technologies.  This document also provides a Case Study of the process the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts employed during their Comprehensive Wastewater Management Planning (CWMP) project to identify candidate sites.  

The full report is divided into several smaller files for easier download. 

1) Cover, Executive Summary, Table of Contents

2) Part One, Identification and Characterization 

3) Part Two, Town of Barnstable Siting Evaluation and Selection: Case History

4) Appendix A

5) Appendix B

6) Appendix C

Please contact Nate Weeks at Stearns & Wheler-GHD Inc. (508-362-5680 ext 11, or nathan.weeks@ghd.com) if you have questions or comments.

Key Words:  recharge; discharge; wastewater; effluent; well injection; reuse; Barnstable; GHD; Stearns & Wheler.