Proposed amendments to the state's Title 5 regulations that govern septic systems could require tens of thousands of residents living in areas nitrogen pollution in the water replace or upgrade their septic systems.
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.
In most Cape Cod households, wastewater from toilets, dishwashers, sinks and showers runs through septic systems that release liquid into nearby soil, rather than centralized water treatment plants. Replacing a septic system for a single-family home with an updated, nitrogen-filtering system could cost up to $35,000, said Zenas Crocker, executive director of the nonprofit Barnstable Clean Water Coalition.Replacing septic systems with municipal sewers is also expensive — Barnstable'sto expand its sewer system to about 12,000 additional properties is estimated to cost $1.4 billion.
"You treat first those areas that are closest to the water because these are the ones that are contributing the most load most quickly," he said."We need to help the water bodies quickly. We don't have a lot of time."Another challenge: there aren't enough new nitrogen-filtering septic systems — or teams to install them — readily available to replace all the targeted septic systems on Cape Cod.
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