Cape Cod Septic Guide

Barnstable County

All fifteen towns

Fourteen towns have at least one designated watershed. Provincetown has none. Ordered by how many watersheds each town carries.

TownWatershedsStrongest filingDesignated
Falmouth 13 Notice of Intent 2023-07-07
Barnstable 7 Permit application 2023-07-07
Mashpee 5 De Minimis application 2023-07-07
Harwich 5 Permit granted 2023-07-07
Brewster 4 Permit granted 2023-07-07
Chatham 4 Permit granted 2023-07-07
Dennis 3 Notice of Intent 2023-07-07
Yarmouth 3 Notice of Intent 2023-07-07
Sandwich 3 Notice of Intent 2023-07-07
Bourne 2 Notice of Intent 2023-07-07
Eastham 1 Notice of Intent 2023-09-29
Wellfleet 1 Notice of Intent 2023-09-29
Truro 1 Notice of Intent 2023-09-29
Orleans 1 Permit granted 2023-07-07
Provincetown Not designated
Why Provincetown is here anyway. It has no designated area, which is itself an answer people search for. And the Title 5 inspection-before-sale rule applies there exactly as it does everywhere else in Massachusetts.