DCPCs Nominated for
Cape Cod Commission Consideration

See also the flow chart DCPC Update: Which Town Is Where in the DCPC Process? (last updated May 22, 2008).

• Brewster Water Protection DCPC - On February 19, 2008, the Cape Cod Commission received a nomination from the Brewster Board of Selectmen to create a DCPC to protect "zones of contribution" (or watersheds) to public drinking water wells. The proposed DCPC encompasses 6,538 acres in several areas: one in the southeastern part of Brewster, another in the southwestern part of town, and all land in Brewster that is within the Pleasant Bay Water Recharge Area. On March 20, the Commission voted to accept the nomination for consideration, and on May 15 the Commission unanimously voted to recommend the DCPC to the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates.

  The nomination is for two DCPC purposes: a water resources district and a major public investment district. Watersheds within the proposed DCPC include wellhead-protection lands for public wells in Brewster and for wells in Orleans, Harwich, and Dennis. The four Brewster wells in the DCPC provide about 95 percent of the town's public water supply; the remaining need is met mostly from private wells. Brewster has invested millions of dollars in the development and protection of the public drinking water supply wells within the proposed DCPC.

  For details about the proposed Brewster Water Protection DCPC, see the town's web site: www.town.brewster.ma.us/. For information about the regional DCPC process for the proposed DCPC, contact Planner Stacey Justus.