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Overview

The Cape Cod and Islands Water Protection Fund (CCIWPF) was established by the Massachusetts Legislature in 2018 to help Cape Cod and Islands towns pay for necessary wastewater infrastructure and water quality remediation projects. Creation of the CCIWPF was the result of efforts by a diverse set of stakeholders, including the Cape and Islands Legislative Delegation, local officials, environmental groups, business leaders, and the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, who recognized the need for new financial tools to address the region’s degrading water quality and lack of wastewater infrastructure.

The CCIWPF is a dedicated fund within the state’s Clean Water Trust set up to solely benefit communities on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket. Its source of revenue is a 2.75% excise tax on traditional lodging and short-term rentals. The fund is administered by the existing Clean Water Trust and overseen by a management board comprised of representation from every member town from the region. Currently, the 15 Cape Cod communities are members of the fund. 

 

 

Subsidies Awarded

The Cape Cod and Islands Water Protection Fund Management Board votes to award subsidies to qualified and eligible water quality projects. Projects in excess of $1 million will receive subsidies equal to 25% of the project costs. Projects of $1 million or less will receive 50% subsidies.

Projects eligible for funding include innovative strategies and alternative septic system technologies, water quality and wastewater management planning, the construction of sewer collection systems and wastewater treatment plants, and the implementation of drainage improvements and water treatment programs to improve water quality in freshwater ponds and marine resources. Member communities must go through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, or SRF, program to receive funds. 

 

Final Commitments For Intended Use Plans Projects

TOWN

IUP Year

Description

Project Cost

Total Subsidy

Chatham 

2018

Phase 1D – Chatham/Harwich Regionalization

$8,174,858

$2,043,715

Chatham

2019

Sewer Extension

$1,324,983

$331,246

Harwich

2018

Harwich Sewer Collection System – Phase 2

$22,214,467

$5,553,617

Bourne

2019

Buzzards Bay Wastewater Treatment Facility

$4,660,410

$1,165,103

Orleans 

2019

Downtown Area Collection System and Wastewater Treatment Facility

$59,409,200

$14,852,300

Barnstable

2020

Wastewater Pump Station Improvements Project

$1,226,751

$306,688

Barnstable 

2020

Strawberry Hill Road Sewer Expansion

$12,289,531

$3,072,383

Barnstable 

2020

Route 28 and Yarmouth Road Intersection Sewer

$1,731,512

$432,878

Barnstable

2020

Solids Handling Upgrade Project

$11,313,805

$2,828,451

Barnstable

2021

*Wastewater Pump Station Improvements

$2,761,225 $483,214

Chatham

2021

*Chatham Queen Anne Pumping Station Upgrade 2021 PE

$2,818,173 

$448,909

Chatham

2021

*Chatham Stormwater Improvement Projects - 2021

$3,598,348 

$629,711

Barnstable

2021

*Route 28 East Sewer Expansion Project

$19,926,176 

$3,134,559

Mashpee 

2021

*Mashpee WRRF and Collection System - Phase I

$53,958,000 

$9,097,900 

   

Totals

$205,407,439

$44,380,674

 

Contingent Commitments For Intended Use Plans Projects

TOWN

IUP Year

Description

Project Cost

Total Subsidy

Barnstable 2022 *Wastewater Pump Station Replacement Project $5,540,000 $761,750
Chatham 2022 *Chatham Stage Harbor (1C-5/1E-2) Sewer Extension $11,010,500 $1,513,944
Chatham 2022 *Chatham Mill Pond Pumping Station Upgrade  $2,268,000  $311,850
Falmouth 2022 *Falmouth WWTF TASA Improvements $20,000,000 $2,750,000 
 Orleans 2022 *Meetinghouse Pond Area Collection System and PS $32,906,000 $4,524,575 
Barnstable

2023

FY24-25 BWPCF Improvements  $6,121,800 $1,530,450
Barnstable 2023 Park City Wind Route Sewer Expansion  $30,900,000 $7,725,000
Barnstable 2023 2023 Wastewater Pump Station Improvements  $3,320,000 $830,000
Barnstable 2023 Sewer Extension and Vacuum Sewer Removal  $1,120,000 $280,000

Chatham

2023 WPCF Sludge Processing Upgrades  $5,000,000 $1,250,000

Harwich

2023 Harwich Phase 3 Sewer Extension $41,900,410 $10,475,103
Harwich 2023 Harwich Rt 28 Sewer Construction Project  $8,099,590 $2,024,898
Mashpee 2023 Phase 1 Treatment and Collection System  $12,000,000 $3,000,000
Wellfleet 2023 95 Lawrence Wastewater Treatment and Collection  $6,309,000 $1,577,250
Wellfleet 2023 Wellfleet Enhanced I&A Septic System Program  $3,000,000 $750,000
Yarmouth 2023 Phase I - WRRF and Collection System  $50,000,000 $12,500,000
   

Totals

$239,495,300

$51,804,820

 

* Subsidies from the Water Protection Fund have been reduced for 2021 and 2022 IUP projects from 25% to 10%, to reflect an additional 15% subsidy from the Clean Water Trust using American Rescue Plan Act funds. The original commitment to the Towns for a 25% subsidy for these projects remains unchanged despite the sourcing of the funds to provide that 25% subsidy.

 

Pre-Existing Debt

The CCIWPF Management Board is allowed to award subsidies on pre-existing debt town projects, subject to certain eligibility and verification requirements. The towns of Barnstable, Chatham, Falmouth, and Provincetown had qualifying projects totaling $45.6 million, 25% of which will be subsidized through the fund, per the unanimous vote of the Management Board.

 TOWN

Project Cost

Total Subsidy

Provincetown

$14,981,202

$3,745,301

Barnstable

$4,842,300

$1,210,575

Chatham

$24,606,410

$6,151,603

Falmouth

$7,675,200

$1,918,800

Totals

$52,105,112

$13,026,279

 

At its January 11, 2022 meeting, the Board awarded subsidies for additional authorized pre-existing debt in the amounts of $1,478,010 for Provincetown, pending loan issuance and closure, and $803,750 for Chatham, as show below:

 TOWN

Project Cost

Status

Potential Subsidy

Provincetown

$1,651,000

Pending Loan Closure

$1,478,010

$2,486,000

Pending Loan Closure

$1,775,041

Pending Issuance

Chatham

$1,850,000

Closed 5/27/2021

$803,750

$235,000

Closed 5/27/2021
$1,130,000 Closed 5/27/2021

Page updated 6/15/2023

 

 

 

 

Members

  • Mark Ells
    Town Manager
    Barnstable
  • Mary Jane Mastrangelo
    Selectman
    Bourne
  • Peter Lombardi
    Town Administrator
    Brewster
  • Jill Goldsmith
    Town Manager
    Chatham
  • Elizabeth Sullivan
    Town Administrator
    Dennis
  • Jacqueline Beebe
    Town Administrator
    Eastham
  • Peter Johnson-Staub
    Assistant Town Manager
    Falmouth
  • Don Howell
    Selectman
    Harwich
  • Michaela Wyman-Colombo
    Select Board
    Mashpee
  • Kevin Galligan
    Selectman
    Orleans
  • Jim Vincent
    Provincetown
  • Bud Dunham
    Town Manager
    Sandwich
  • Darrin Tangeman
    Town Manager
    Truro
  • Ryan Curley
    Select Board Member
    Wellfleet
  • Mark Forest
    Selectman
    Yarmouth
  • Adam Turner
    Martha's Vineyard Commission Executive Director (Non-Voting Ex-Officio Member)
  • Elizabeth Gibson
    Nantucket Town Manager (Non-Voting Ex-Officio Member)
  • Kristy Senatori
    Cape Cod Commission Executive Director (Non-Voting Ex-Officio Member)
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