One Drop Leads to Another Cape Cod Groundwater Guardians

In this episode we talk with Sherry Bradley who is director of the Bureau of Environmental services with the Alabama Department of Health and board member of the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program. She discusses with us her work, advocacy, and that state of wastewater the Black Belt region of Alabama.

In this episode we chat with Kat Garofoli, the program manager of AmeriCorps Cape Cod, about the history of AmeriCorps and how the program helps out the Cape.
Visit the AmeriCorps Cape Cod website if you’d like to learn more! The program is also currently accepting applications for their 2022-2023 program year. If you or anyone you know is interested in becoming an AmeriCorps member, check out this website and apply before August 31st, 2022!

In this episode we chat with Bruce Walton who is a partner at Battalia Winston and Chair of the Innovative/Alternative Onsite Wastewater Treatments Task Force with the New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA). 

If you would like to learn more visit these websites!

NEWEA's Innovative/Alternative Onsite Wastewater Treatments Task Force

In this episode we talked with Al Smith, the project lead for DigDeep’s Decentralized Wastewater Innovation Cohort, about the importance of drinking water and wastewater infrastructure in underserved areas.

Visit DigDeep’s website to learn more about the important work they do around the country! https://www.digdeep.org/

If you want to learn more check out this critical new report from DigDeep which talks about how much a lack of basic water and sanitation services costs the US economy each year.

#AppalachiaWaterProject #CloseTheWaterGap

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In this episode we talk with Kristin Andres the Associate Director of Education & Outreach from the Association to Preserve Cape Cod about how we can restore some of the balance in our back yards by using more native plants and using less chemicals.

Check out APCC's native plant sale webpage for information about their 2022 plant sale https://apcc.org/native-plant-sale/

Kristin's Recommended reading & links for more information:


Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy
Association to Preserve Cape Cod https://apcc.org/
Cape Cod Native Plantfinder https://capecodnativeplants.org/
Books by Heather Holm about wild bees: https://www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com/
Pollinator Pathway Cape Cod https://www.pollinator-pathway.org/towns/cape-cod
Xerces Society https://xerces.org/
Porous Pavement video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8s9ZhaumQQ
State of the Water: Cape Cod https://capecodwaters.org/

#capecod #capecodwater #restorecapecod #capecodnativeplants #preservecapecod

In this episode the AmeriCorps Members, Susanna Baker and Travis Kornegay, chatted with Mike Demanche who is an Environmental Scientist at the Horsley Witten Group in Sandwich, Massachusetts.