Water

Hydrant Flushing Week of October 2nd

Fall Hydrant flushing will begin Tuesday, September 5th, 2023. Flushing is an essential maintenance function necessary to maintain water quality, improve the carrying capacity of pipes, and ensure the proper operation of distribution system components, such as hydrants and valves. Flushing activities will be conducted in the evening between the hours of 7:00 PM - 1:00 AM. Specific dates of streets and/or neighborhoods to be flushed will be provided on a weekly basis.

While conducting flushing operations in your neighborhood, you may experience discolored water or a small drop in water pressure. Should your water appear reddish, yellow or brown, do not be alarmed. It is recommended you do not use the water or do laundry for two hours after noticing this discoloration. After you have waited, run your cold water tap (without the aerator screen) for five to ten minutes. This should remove any sediment from inside your service.

Streets to be flushed the week of October 2nd through October 6th:

Blacksmith Shop Rd

Brick Kiln Rd between Service Rd and West Falmouth Hwy

Brush Hill Cir

Crooked meadow Rd

Deer Pond Rd

Dunfee Dr

Durham Rd

Eli Rd

Fire Tower Rd

Gifford St Ext

Locustfield Rd

McKenna Ridge Rd

Old Campus Rd

Sand Pointe Shores Dr

Service Rd

Shagbark Rd

Trumbull Rd



Proposed Water Rate Informal Meeting June 27th:

  1. 23-06-21 PROPOSED WATER RATE MEETING

Mission


Our mission is to provide the Town with safe, potable drinking water through careful management and operation of the existing sources of water, and through ongoing maintenance and operation of the distribution system.



Backflow Prevention - Public Notice (2/13/20)



 Homeowners need to be sure that if they have underground irrigation that there is an approved backflow device between the water supply and the irrigation system.  For more info contact our backflow coordinator Mr. Kyle Swanstrom at Kyle.Swanstrom@Falmouthma.gov .

Water Quality - Lead and Copper (7/12/19)


Every Spring and Fall the Water Department, as part of its corrosion control program, samples the tap water at selected homes for lead and copper.   sixty homes need to be sampled to have a large enough sample set to be statistically valid.   We are looking for homeowners that are willing to participate in the sampling program.  Your home must have been constructed prior to 1983 to be eligible.   Interested? Email(leadsample@falmouthma.gov).   We will provide you with additional information and would want to conduct a visit to confirm that your piping has lead based solder.

Lead is not from the source water, but is present in the piping in older homes and may leach into the water if the water is stagnant for a long period of time.  For more detailed information open and read the documents on the right titled "Sampling for lead at your house's tap" and the 2017 public education brochure - lead". 

Water Supply -  (7/12/19)

Your water is supplied from several sources. To see a map click on the document link for Water Resource Areas on the right side of this page.  There is also a graphic "2019 Water Pumped by Source" that shows which sources supply water and how much on a month by month basis

  • Long Pond  is a protected surface water reservoir. It is our primary sources, and has been since 1898.  During the summer of 2019 it supplied over 80% of our daily water needs.
  • The Crooked Pond Water Plant treats water from both the Crooked Pond Well and the Coonamessett Well and provided 16.7% of the water in 2018.
  • Mares Pond Well provided  3.0% of our water in 2018.
  • From the Upper Cape Regional Water Co-op, we obtain water from wells located on the northern side of the Cape. In 2018 the Town obtained 10.8% of the total supply from this source.

Water Treatment (5/17/18)

All sources are disinfected with sodium hypochlorite and treated with sodium hydroxide to provide pH adjustment. The average pH of the water in the system is approximately 8.0.   Water  delivered to your residence through our transmission and storage system, comprised of 398 miles of water main, 4 water storage tanks and approximately 22,000 service connections.