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Contacts for Massachusetts
Septic Systems
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David Ferris
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
One Winter St
Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 654-6514
Fax: (617) 292-5696
Email: david.ferris@state.ma.us
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Claire Golden
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
205 B Lowell St
Wilmington, MA 01887
Phone: (976) 694-3244
Fax: (976) 694-3499
Email: Claire.golden@state.ma.us
Links for Massachusetts
Funding Sources 
Other Organizations
- Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center - The mission of the Test Center is to evaluate the performance
and operation costs of new and innovative wastewater disposal technologies,
provide this information to regulators and consumers, and assist vendors in
getting their technologies approved for use in Massachusetts.
Demonstration Projects for Massachusetts
- Title: Massachusetts, North Gloucester: Alternative Technologies, Massachusetts
Description: Four alternative technologies were installed, including foam biofilters, recirculating trickling filters, intermittent sand filters, and disposal by pressure-dosed sand-lined trench, shallow trench, and shallow gravelless trench.
Contact: National Small Flows Clearinghouse
(800) 624-8301
- Title: Massachusetts, Waquoit Bay: Risk Assessment, Massachusetts
Description: A watershed ecological risk assessment of Waquoit Bay, on the south coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was performed for watershed managers to better understand the environmental impacts of human activities. A nitrogen loading model was used to estimate the amount and sources of nitrogen entering the watershed, and an estuarine loading model was used to estimate the nitrogen available for nuisance algae growth in shallow estuaries.
Contact: Patti Tyler
US EPA New England
60 Westview Street
Lexington, MA 02173
(617) 860-4342For More Information: http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps35390/cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm-deid=15221.htm