Potential Impacts to Drinking
Water - Barnstable
These maps depict potential sources fo groundwater contamination
and zones of contribution for public wells. Some common potential
threats to groundwater are listed below;
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Sewage disposal through septic systems, shown
below as areas of residential land use (over 90% of Cape
residents dispose of domestic sewate in cesspools and septic
systems). |
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Landfills and dumps |
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On-site waste disposal by commercial
and industrial establishments |
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Use of pesticides on cranberry
bogs, golf courses, and lawns. |
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Discharge of treated effluent from public
and private wastewater treatment facilities to the groundwater. |
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Underground storage tanks that
may leak contaminants into groundwater |
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Agricultural chemicals and pesticides (agricultural
land use not shown in these maps). |
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