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is poisoning the saltwater barrier that has characterized the peninsula. On Cape Cod, centralized wastewater treatment plants are not extensively employed due to the expense and challenges associated with widely spread housing, as well as huge seasonal fluctuations in population due to summer tourists. Typical backyard sewage systems, which are not aimed at eliminating nitrogen, are responsible for an estimated 80% percent nitrogen dumping on Cape Cod Bay. The circumstances it generates devastate animal habitat and frequently violate water quality requirements, resulting in fish kills and decreased shellfisheries, among other things. The consequences of this pollution must be carefully managed. Another big issue affecting our coastal waters is polluted runoff. Contaminants collected up in precipitation and melting snow are eventually dumped into the bay, resulting in this sort of pollution. Fertilizers and other lawn and garden chemicals, pet waste, salt from streets, and oil and gasoline leaking from autos are all possible contaminants picked up in runoff.
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shellfish, as well as endangered marine animals and birds. The bay's natural resources are used by endangered bird species like the
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1481:
1480:
1478:Tiasquam River
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1459:
1457:Quashnet River
1454:
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1444:
1442:Mitchell River
1439:
1434:
1429:
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1419:
1413:
1411:
1405:
1404:
1402:
1401:
1396:
1394:Westport River
1391:
1389:Wankinco River
1386:
1381:
1379:Sippican River
1376:
1374:Pocasset River
1371:
1366:
1361:
1356:
1351:
1346:
1341:
1336:
1334:Acushnet River
1330:
1328:
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977:
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973:
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969:
964:
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954:
949:
944:
942:Pemaquid River
939:
937:Ogunquit River
934:
929:
924:
919:
914:
909:
904:
899:
894:
889:
884:
879:
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869:
867:Benjamin River
864:
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847:
846:
841:
836:
831:
826:
821:
816:
811:
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794:Harrington Bay
791:
786:
784:Englishman Bay
781:
776:
771:
766:
760:
758:
749:
743:
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732:
731:
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709:
701:
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683:Cape Cod Times
669:
644:
610:
584:
564:
543:
499:
461:
438:
431:
409:
408:
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296:
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259:
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229:
224:
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208:
205:
201:Cape Cod Canal
161:
158:
133:
130:
106:Atlantic Ocean
70:Atlantic Ocean
26:
18:Brewster Flats
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
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2889:
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2717:
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2714:Ipswich River
2712:
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2619:
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2563:
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2558:
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2394:
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2293:
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2278:
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2275:Mumford River
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2211:Taunton River
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2207:
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2119:
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2112:Taunton River
2108:
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2085:
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2053:
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2019:
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2016:Tarbell Brook
2014:
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1862:
1860:
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1849:Jericho Creek
1847:
1845:
1844:Ipswich River
1842:
1840:
1837:
1835:
1832:
1830:
1827:
1825:
1822:
1821:
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1815:
1809:
1808:Whitman River
1806:
1804:
1801:
1799:
1796:
1794:
1793:Sudbury River
1791:
1789:
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1779:
1778:Spicket River
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1709:
1708:Concord River
1706:
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1582:Cochato River
1580:
1578:
1577:Chelsea Creek
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1572:Charles River
1570:
1568:
1565:
1563:
1562:Alewife Brook
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1493:
1492:Gulf of Maine
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1460:
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1059:
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1041:Jericho Creek
1039:
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1036:Ipswich River
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968:
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957:Sprague River
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829:Penobscot Bay
827:
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815:
814:Muscongus Bay
812:
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789:Frenchman Bay
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764:Blue Hill Bay
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2830:
2810:Quick's Hole
2749:Rowley River
2671:River mouths
2661:Salem Harbor
2593:Orleans Cove
2588:Juniper Cove
2507:Plymouth Bay
2467:Cape Cod Bay
2466:
2462:Buzzards Bay
2388:Hoosic River
2379:Hudson River
2351:Palmer River
2280:Peters River
2260:Bungay River
2226:Wading River
2141:Cotley River
2079:French River
2070:Thames River
1956:Manhan River
1901:Chapel Brook
1859:Rowley River
1753:Salmon Brook
1743:Powwow River
1723:Nashua River
1713:Little River
1698:Beaver Brook
1639:Saugus River
1624:Mystic River
1606:
1602:Malden River
1567:Canton River
1501:Cape Cod Bay
1500:
1427:Childs River
1339:Agawam River
1326:Buzzards Bay
1259:Tusket River
1251:River mouths
1224:Cobequid Bay
1214:Bay of Fundy
1165:River mouths
1137:Quiddy River
1124:River mouths
1092:Bay of Fundy
1056:Rowley River
1013:River mouths
998:Cape Cod Bay
997:
932:Mousam River
892:Josias River
887:Jordan River
862:Batson River
854:River mouths
834:Pleasant Bay
774:Chandler Bay
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60:
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2852: /
2782:Broad Sound
2704:Egypt River
2656:Rock Harbor
2626:East Harbor
2598:Warren Cove
2522:Waquoit Bay
2482:Hingham Bay
2477:Duxbury Bay
2442:waterbodies
2336:Coles Brook
2310:Wilde River
2206:Snake River
2146:Forge River
2126:Canoe River
1996:Otter River
1991:North River
1976:Mirey Brook
1946:Green River
1839:Egypt River
1798:Trout Brook
1634:North River
1619:Muddy River
1592:Fresh River
1534:Pamet River
1524:Jones River
1422:Bumps River
1234:Minas Basin
1197:Nova Scotia
1112:Shepody Bay
1031:Egypt River
927:Morse River
882:Johns River
804:Maquoit Bay
799:Machias Bay
693:9 September
374:tidal flats
363: /
316:Alexandrium
311:Phaeocystis
249:Groundwater
213:Sea mammals
174:North Truro
64:is a large
2867:Categories
2820:Woods Hole
2764:Weir River
2754:Skug River
2709:Fore River
2694:Bass River
2684:Back River
2517:Quincy Bay
2497:Nahant Bay
2346:Lees River
2331:Cole River
2305:West River
2270:Mill River
2250:Abbott Run
2221:Town River
2161:Mill River
2114:Watershed)
2021:Ware River
1936:Fall River
1864:Skug River
1803:Vine Brook
1693:Back River
1659:Weir River
1654:Stop River
1587:Fore River
1539:Town Brook
1417:Bass River
1344:Back River
1061:Skug River
967:York River
779:Dennys Bay
663:2022-05-04
638:2022-05-04
537:2022-05-04
493:2022-05-04
455:2010-08-21
405:References
348:41°46′46″N
263:Watersheds
258:Watersheds
170:Bass River
86:Race Point
74:U.S. state
2381:Watershed
2243:Watershed
2072:Watershed
2038:Watershed
1889:Watershed
1676:Watershed
1514:Eel River
844:Wohoa Bay
769:Casco Bay
739:estuaries
351:70°3′40″W
154:New World
114:Bay State
2583:Cat Cove
2532:Channels
839:Saco Bay
687:Archived
657:Archived
632:Archived
597:Archived
576:Archived
556:Archived
531:Archived
487:Archived
378:Brewster
332:Brewster
186:Plymouth
142:Pilgrims
104:and the
94:Cape Cod
2840:70°18′W
2837:41°54′N
2802:Straits
2608:Harbors
2439:Coastal
270:Fishing
207:Ecology
199:by the
160:Geology
132:History
68:of the
2774:Sounds
2319:Others
1817:Others
1471:Others
429:
386:Brazil
372:) are
182:Boston
124:, and
55:Dennis
2575:Coves
747:Maine
603:4 May
554:>
184:, to
2454:Bays
1206:Bays
1084:Bays
990:Bays
756:Bays
695:2020
605:2022
427:ISBN
392:View
337:The
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