Chatham Concerned Taxpayers sponsored a meeting with the intent of finding a wastewater solution that is less expensive than the $300 million sewer system and treatment plant upgrade currently being planned for the community in Massachusetts Cape Cod. Addressing the crowded room were Valerie Nelson, Coalition for Alternative Wastewater Treatment director and former Gloucester city councilor; environmental consultant Patrick Lucey of Victoria, B.C.; Jim Kreissl, former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wastewater expert; environmental engineer Pio Lombardo of Newton, Mass.; and state representative Matt Patrick, D-Falmouth.The best system for Chatham, according to Kreissl, is a mixed grouping of neighborhood cluster systems,














