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<b><u>The Unseen Lifeline: Groundwater’s Role in Cape Cod’s Ecosystems</u></b></div>
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<b>Thursday, Mar 12, 2026, 3:00 PM-5:00 PM</b></div>
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Join us <b>in person at MASSTC</b> for a deep dive into the <b>hidden world</b> beneath Cape Cod!</div>
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<b>The Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center is located at: 4 Kittridge Road, Sandwich, MA.</b></div>
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Join the Barnstable County Clean Water Center for a special <b>National Groundwater Awareness Week</b> event featuring
<b>Denis LeBlanc</b>, Scientist Emeritus, and <b>Marcel Belaval</b>, Deputy Director, both with the
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<b>LeBlanc </b>has spent five decades studying Cape Cod’s precious groundwater resources, coordinating multidisciplinary research on aquifer dynamics, contaminant transport, and long-term freshwater sustainability.</div>
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<b>Belaval </b>guides the USGS’s hydrologic science and monitoring programs in New England, drawing upon his expertise in groundwater, contaminant hydrology, hydrogeophysics, and his former position as hydrologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
New England Regional Office.</div>
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Discover how <a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" originalsrc="https://www.masstc.org/project/groundwater-separation-study/" style="margin: 0px;" title="Original URL: https://www.masstc.org/project/groundwater-separation-study/. Click or tap if you trust this link." class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA19c356e9-8dfc-eeaa-fc67-2aa812b0caf4" href="https://www.masstc.org/project/groundwater-separation-study/">
groundwater</a> plays a huge role in our everyday life on Cape Cod as well as feeds our rivers, ponds, wetlands and marshes, coastal waters and estuaries, and drinking water wells. LeBlanc and Belaval will share insights from their work on the Cape’s hydrogeologic
setting, groundwater flow, groundwater/surface-water interactions, the fate and transport of contaminants, and how science can be used to guide local and regional water management. Attendees will gain a deeper appreciation for the unseen world beneath our
feet and how they can help protect this vital resource</div>
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<p style="direction: ltr; margin: 4.8pt 3pt 4.8pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><b>Bryan Horsley</b></span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; margin: 4.8pt 3pt 4.8pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: Roboto; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);"><b>MASSTC Project Assistant</b></span></p>
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