2020 Cyanobacteria Report for Oyster Pond
Worried about a repeat of the terrible algal bloom from the summer of 2016, OPET hired the Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod (APCC) to sample the pond [...]
Oyster Pond Water Quality 2020
September 2020 - OPET has monitored the condition of the pond all summer. Photo by Dorene Sykes We didn't want a repeat of the algal bloom in 2016 [...]
750 Cubic Yards Dredged from the Lagoon!
Many thanks go out again to Chuck Martinsen, Deputy Director of the Town of Falmouth Marine and Environmental Services!! He coordinated the huge effort to have the Lagoon dredged [...]
Oyster Pond’s Algal Bloom contained Toxin Producing Algae
OPET’s worries about the health risks of last summer’s algal bloom were confirmed by a student’s research project. Kristy Sullivan, an undergraduate at Kristy Sullivan's Powerpoint presentation [...]
SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT!
The water quality of the pond is improving! The nearly 2 inches of rain in mid-September and the opening up of Trunk River helped flush out much of the [...]
CAUTION ENTERING THE WATER
The massive blue-green algal bloom impacting Oyster Pond is not going away despite our initial efforts working with the Town to increase the outflow of Trunk River. The bloom [...]