Click on the links below to view videos on a variety of pond water quality issues.
"The BPC Pond Summit 2024 was held on June 8, 2024, at the Brewster Baptist Church and sponsored by Agway of Cape Cod, a BPC business partner. The two main presentations are available on the BPC YouTube channel. One is "Considering Eco-Toilets for Nutrient Management on Cape Cod", and the second is "Natural History and Current Stewardship Practices for Cape Cod Cranberry Bogs."
The BPC 2023 Annual Meeting was held on August 12, 2023, hosted at the Cape Cod Bible Alliance Church and sponsored by Agway of Cape Cod, a BPC business partner. The entire program is available on the BPC YouTube channel by clicking here.
2022 Brewster Ponds Coalition Annual Meeting Facebook stream video. Learn from Zenas (Zee) Crocker, Executive Director of the Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, how the alternative septic systems they installed around Shubael Pond in Marston Mills are performing.
Brewster Ponds Summit 2022 cosponsored by the Brewster Ponds Coalition and the Town of Brewster. A three hour discussion of the issue of nutrient loading from septic systems into groundwater and ponds in Brewster followed by a Q&A session. Many thanks to Lower Cape TV for recording and livestreaming this important event.
What's In Your Water? Learn about the challenges that Cape Cod, and Brewster in particular, is facing in supplying clean and healthy public drinking water in this informative talk presented by Paul Anderson, Superintendent of Brewster's Water Department.
Learn about the latest advances in alternative septic systems with Brian Baumgaertel, Director of the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center. (MASSTC.)
Meet Susan Baur, "The Turtle Lady," in this beautiful video by Cape Cod filmmaker Monte Ladner.
Click above to see video of new Pond Remediation Matching Grants Program just launched in 2021.
2021 Ponds Summit via Zoom on Saturday, April 10. This year’s topics include ongoing cyanobacteria research in Brewster, MA, stopping erosion at Lower Mill Pond, and the announcement of an exciting new matching grant program!
Aerosolized toxins measured in air above two ponds in Brewster. Produced by Noah Johnson of Lower Cape Television.
Cape Cod Native Plants And Alternative Lawn Workshop. Click here for full list of plants discussed.
 The Future of Septic Systems On Cape Cod -
A presentation by George Heufelder of alternative septic systems now being tested at the Cape Cod MASSTC facilities.
Kyle Hinkle, Executive Director, Brewster Chamber of Commerce interviews BPC Board members Tom Vautin (R) and Konrad Schultz (L) who describe the group's mission.
Featuring Robert Finch, Edward R. Murrow award winning nature writer and Paul Gasek, Emmy award winning documentary filmmaker.
Sue Phelan, Founder and Director of Green Cape describes alternatives to pesticides and fertilizers.
 The planting of a bio-swale (rain garden) on Blueberry Pond.
Septics 101 - Learn about various types of on-site septic systems. Be sure to check Title V regulations in MA for specific local requirements.
Cape Cod's Wastewater Problem - The Cape Cod Commission
Is your drinking water safe? - The Silent Spring Institute
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Click above image for a short video of The First Annual Herring Run
Paddle which took place on May 8, 2021. Special thanks to co-sponsor The Brewster Conservation Trust and business sponsor SupFari Adventures 
What is a kettle pond? What makes Cape Cod ponds so special? You’ll be surprised by how much you learn in this presentation from BPC’s first president, Karen Malkus-Benjamin.
Watch this short video from a recent Eco-Paddle produced by
Brewster Ponds Coalition business partner SupFari Adventures. Check back often for news about more Eco-Paddles for which you can register to attend. 
Learn how a partnership of Brewster neighbors resolved a major storm water problem in this video entitled Blueberry Pond Storm Water Remediation Project
Using Nature To Protect Nature at Blueberry Pond.
A 4 minute video about the building of a storm water remediation project in Brewster.
Susan Lindquist, host of This Place Matters,
interviews Tom Vautin, President and Gwen Pelletier, Treasurer, Clerk of the Brewster Ponds Coalition about its mission.
Susan Lindquist, host of This Place Matters, interviews Brewster Conservation Trust President, Hal Minis (L) and Brewster Ponds Coalition Board member, Konrad Schultz about Brewster Conservation Day and the importance of conservation.
A hearing by The Board of Health held on 9-21-2016
regarding proposed septic system regulations for properties near ponds. 
Tom Cambareri, Water Resources Program Manager for the Cape Cod Commission, talks about the state of our ponds at First Annual Meeting of Brewster Ponds Coalition.
A fascinating look at the history of pond management in Brewster by Steve Hurley, Southeast District Manager for the MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.
Barbara Conolly, MA Certified Landscape Professional and owner of Gardens by Barbara Conolly, shows ways to create sustainable gardens and landscapes.
Produced for The Association To Protect Cape Cod
What is Eutrophication? - The Virtual School
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Contaminants in Cape Cod wells - WGBH Report
The Experimental Lakes Area Experiments with Phosphorus Loading in Lakes
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Pee-cycling for our coasts and crops - A talk by Catherine Bryars, Masters Degree Candidate, U Mass Amherst
Studying mercury in the Experimental Lakes Region
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Mill Ponds Remediation Recommendations - presentation before the Brewster Comprehensive Water Planning Committee on October 20, 2014.
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