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The Pilgrim Lens
The Pilgrim Lens underlies the town of Provincetown.  This lens is 4 square miles with a maximum elevation of 5 feet.  The Pilgrim Lens is the smallest of the Cape Cod groundwater lenses.

Source: Cape Cod - A Community Connected By Water (1999)

 

The Pilgrim lens is too small and shallow to serve as a resource for drinking water, so Provincetown obtains its water from wells located in the Pamet lens.

Source: Protecting Groundwater Resources on Outer Cape Cod (2002)
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Last updated:  Tuesday, December 13, 2005 7:17 PM