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Truro MA, 02666

Month: December 2020

Dec

21 2020

Nitrate Pocket Card from Truro Water Protectors

The Truro Water Protectors has made a Nitrate Pocket Card available that clearly shows the links between nitrate levels in well water and adverse health consequences, including cancers and non-cancer diseases.  The bottom line: The higher the level of nitrates, the greater the risk...

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Dec

07 2020

Cloverleaf Developer Announces Upgrades To Sharply Improve Nitrate Controls

In a surprise announcement at the December 3rd ZBA meeting, the Cloverleaf developer announced that newly developed system upgrades to the Small Sewage Wastewater Treatment Plant  (SSWTP) they have proposed for the Cloverleaf could achieve discharge levels in nitrates on...

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Dec

02 2020

Safer Standard for Nitrates Recommended to BoH in Call for Urgent Action

On December 1, the Docs for Truro Safe Water made a compelling case to the Board of Health for reducing the maximum contamination level for nitrate  in drinking water and groundwater to 5 mg/L -  half of the current outdated...

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