Our Edgewood Bioswale is finished!

After nearly two weeks of labor and several rain delays, our bioswale at Edgewood School in New Haven is finished!

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We’re building a bioswale! So what is that?

A man-made garden ditch specifically designed to capture and filter rainwater! Learn more about our New Haven project here.

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Save the Sound releases Westchester water testing results

Monitoring finds dangerous levels of bacteria at Beaver Swamp Brook and Hutchinson River, cleaner beaches

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Mount Vernon Must Notify Public of Sewage in Hutchinson & Fix It Now

On a Saturday in June, an anonymous citizen watchdog alerted Save the Sound to a sewage overflow entering the Hutchinson River from Mount Vernon’s sewage system. The report sounded our alarm.

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Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act: Keeping NY’s Beachgoers Safe & Informed

Westchester residents can learn directly and immediately about sewage spills that might alter their plans for being on the water.

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Save the Sound Volunteer Helps Stop Sewage Spill at Marshlands in Rye

Prompt action by a Save the Sound volunteer and the Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities resulted in a repair to a manhole had spilled raw sewage into Marshlands Conservancy nature sanctuary last month.

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On Long Island Sound Day, New Pledge Empowers Residents to Save the Sound

We’re celebrating Long Island Sound Day and the official opening of beach season this weekend in style: welcome to our new Long Island Sound Pledge!

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Great Neck Sewage Treatment Plant Fixes Problems, No Longer Violating Clean Water Act

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