Understanding Groundwater on Cape Cod: A Groundwater Awareness Week Event
Barnstable County invites you to join our event, The Unseen Lifeline: Groundwater’s Role in Cape Cod’s Ecosystem, for Groundwater Awareness Week next Thursday, March 12th, 3–5pm.
Discover how groundwater plays a huge role in our everyday life on Cape Cod as well as feeds our rivers, ponds, wetlands and marshes, coastal waters and estuaries as well as drinking water wells. LeBlanc and Belaval will share insights from their work on the Cape’s hydrogeologic setting, groundwater flow, groundwater/surface-water interactions, the fate and transport of contaminants, and how science can be used to guide local and regional water management. Attendees will gain a deeper appreciation for the unseen world beneath our feet and how they can help protect this vital resource.
The event is hosted by the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center (MASSTC), a division of the Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment, and features Denis LeBlanc, Scientist Emeritus, and Marcel Belaval, Deputy Director, both with the U.S. Geological Survey’s New England Water Science Center.
LeBlanc has spent five decades studying Cape Cod’s precious groundwater resources, coordinating multidisciplinary research on aquifer dynamics, contaminant transport, and long-term freshwater sustainability.
Belaval guides the USGS’s hydrologic science and monitoring programs in New England, drawing upon his expertise in groundwater, contaminant hydrology, and hydrogeophysics and his former position as hydrologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency New England Regional Office.
RSVP here: https://loom.ly/coYarro
