Thousands of Cape Cod homeowners may need to replace septic systems under new state regulations
A proposed change in state regulations could require tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents to replace or upgrade their septic systems in the...
A proposed change in state regulations could require tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents to replace or upgrade their septic systems in the next five years, unless local water districts come up with plans to mitigate nitrogen pollution.The new regulations would at first affect only Cape Cod, where decades of nitrogen pollution — primarily from septic systems — has led to severely diminished water quality in bays and estuaries. But the regulations will eventually expand to include other affected areas in Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and the south coast of Massachusetts.