Environmental Permitting:
Wetlands Protection
Wetlands are critical in the protection of our water supply. The protection of buffer zones around these wetlands is important to allow the wetlands to flourish. BENNETT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATES, INC. (BEA) provides wetland delineation and an understanding of the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act along with the Local Wetlands Protections By-Laws.
Underground Injection Control
Cape Cod is a Sole Source Aquifer, which means we drink the water that we live over. Floor drains which discharge beneath the ground into “injection wells” such as septic systems, dry wells, MDC traps leading to a leach pit, or catch basins are a common source of contamination to public and private water supplies and represent a hidden liability to property owners. The threat is real and the consequences of pollutant discharge can be costly.
At BEA we promote a proactive solution to minimize or absolve these potential financial exposures and environmental liabilities. We will send an environmental professional to your property to assess and evaluate compliance. We will then provide you with an estimate to return you to compliance which may include 1) permanently sealing the floor drain(s), 2) connecting it to a holding tank, or 3) connecting it to a municipal sewer system, if available.
