HomeMy WebLinkAboutCanoe River Comm Minutes 06/02/2011CANOE RIVER AQUIFER ADVISORY COMMITTEE
��C�� MEETING MINUTES — June 2, 2011
Minutc4ZKI Wmketin&,Nt by the Canoe River Aquifer Advisory Committee on Thursday, June
2,- ,Q'ffbe1gimt V kl PM at the Mansfield Town Hall, Room 2AB, 6 Park Row, Mansfield, MA.
Memis prese�ib `l��n� P. Southworth, Easton; Janice Fowler, Easton; Kevin O'Donnell,
Mansfield; 'k �4Y oette, Foxboro; Ed Tartufo Flynn, Mansfield; Dave Masciarelli, Sharon;
Frances Sltiri6y Norton; Jon Rowe, Norton; Jennifer Carlino, Norton.
Guests: Adrienne Edwards, Easton GIS Specialist; Kathy Romero, MASS DEP.
1. Call to Order - Wayne Southworth called the meeting to order at 1 PM.
2. Review Minutes of May 5, 2011 - Boette /Shirley moved to accept the minutes of May 5,
2011 with the following correction: Jennifer Carlino, Norton to be added to the list of attendees.
3. Open Space Map & Greenbelt Update - Nothing to report at this time.
4. CRAAC Educational Outreach Kiosk Discussion and 5. EPA Grant Application -
Edwards noted the CRAAC did not get the grant; scheduled for a debriefing on why we did not
get same; there were 96 proposal - 36 are to submit a full proposal; projects to be awarded on
October 20, 2011; will keep looking for other opportunities; may have to consider a basic kiosk.
Discussion highlights: have had some discussion on a revolving kiosk; there are a multitude of
professionally built kiosks; will continue to investigate same
6. DEP Update — Kathy Romero - members introduced themselves to our speaker, Kathy
Romero; Southworth noted that Kathy started at the Norton Conservation Commission and this is
her seventeenth year at DEP plus she serves as a liaison to the Safety Drinking Water Advisory
Committee.
Romero: my job is to do source water protection; when Wayne asked me to come today, I tried to
come up with 2 or 3 topics you would be interested in. Item #1 — Safe Drinking Water
Assessment — presented report. When the Federal government passed the Safe Drinking Water
Act (SDWA), they allowed the states to maintain programs in their state. By maintaining
primacy, the MASS DEP is able to offer specialized technical assistance and compliance programs
that save public water systems and their customers millions of dollars. The assessment paid for by
users of public water is $8.50 per million gallons of water used each year. Besides public water,
this includes restaurants, day care facilities, campgrounds and many other types of businesses that
serve water, through a private source, to employees and customers. In 2010 the assessment
revenue totaled $2.12 million. A list of accomplishments for the year 2010 is on the last two
pages of the report. Ms. Romero noted that every year they are looking for good photographs of
the public water systems for the cover of their repot; jItem, w a lgttta /• that we send out to the
Boards of Health every year (usually in the summer); theQ {teras twenty -six (26) items we
would like to remind and educate the Boards of Health members (bot'h old and new); worked with
the Boards of Health in the Drinking Water Progrb& Ox4jj pRZ t#I' ends to day care facilities;
there are a lot of day care facilities not registered as a result of that 3,200 children were drinking
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Item #3: Well Driller Registration Program — a couple of years ago, the Well Driller registration
was transferred to DEP; have entered the paper data of wells from DCR onto the computer (going
to DEP's website; then to "searchwells" will give you the data); some of the data goes back to the
1960's; currently 89,000 records; Canoe River has 1,869 wells, Norton 686, Easton 325,
Mansfield 355 (96% of the wells are mapped), Foxborough 273, Sharon 230 registered; in the
state there are 350 well drillers and 450 rigs registered.
Questions /Comments: is there any way to know withdrawal (Romero: not really); can this
information be imported to our system (Romero: will look into it); do not know if the CRAAC
Boards of Health are aware this information is available; does the website have information
available on private wells (yes); is there a maximum usage (Southworth: 100,000 gallons a day
triggers).
Romero: currently there are thirty (30) Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) in the
state; last one added was the Upper Housatonic River in March of 2009; this represents 268,000
acres. As to Rare and Endangered Species, there are three volunteer groups statewide. Work is
being done in the area of dog waste and Drinking Water Protection education by Kelly Freda,
MASS DCR (one dog produces % lbs. of solid waste and 7.8 billion bacteria per day).
7. Recap the 24th Annual Canoe River Awareness Day 2011 at the Mansfield Water
Treatment Plant on May 14, 2011 - Southworth: had several dozen people attend along with a
state representative, a member of the Mansfield Board of Selectmen and a representative from the
Mansfield NRT with a display; the tours of the water facility were very informative; a number of
people went out on the canoes.
( 8. Discuss the Program for CRAAC 25th Anniversary Celebration at the Sharon Community
Center in 2012 - Masciareili: checked on the four dates; all are open; regular open bar would
require a patrol officer. Boette/Tartufo moved to book September 14, 2012. VOTED. Masciareili
to book same.
Discussion: mentioned Bill Keating as a speaker; Bill Vernon submitted the legislation.
Tartufo/Boette moved to send a letter to Bill Keating asking for his participation. VOTED
Southworth: have a list of people we invited to the 201h anniversary; at the next meeting will have
it available for review; need to double check on any Jewish holiday; suggested times to start -
either 7 PM or 6 -9 PM; light fare; wine and cheese when you come in; would like to serve
something we do not have to charge for; to check to see if the facility will allow us to do a
potluck.
9. Vote to Suspend July Meeting - FowlerBoette moved to suspend the July 2011 meeting.
VOTED
Robert Boette noted that Beaumont Pond is going to the Conservation Commission for pond
restoration; thought someone from Mansfield would like to attend.
10. Adjourn - Meeting adjourned at 2:08 PM. Next meeting will be on August 4, 2011 in
Easton.