In the summer of 2019, the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center on Cape Cod started a campaign called Waste No Water. In 2020, the center took the idea a step further by experimenting with recycled water for hydroponics. The intent is to get people thinking about how to care for a resource that may not seem important to Massachusetts residents.
“Around here in the Northeast, we have so much water it’s not something people think a lot about,” says Brian Baumgaertel, director of the center, which is part of the Barnstable County Health Department. “We pump water out of the
