Increase NY’s Environmental Protection Fund to Clean Up the Western Sound
Fixing the sewers that are the main reason Westchester’s Long Island Sound beaches close so often is an expensive proposition.
Category: Clean Water
Don’t Waste CT: Support Laws to Regulate Fracking Waste
Fracking fluid is full of some nasty toxic material. Benzene, lead, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene–these are a few of the two dozen known carcinogens and compounds that can be found in fracking dirty leftovers. Toxic mystery waste does not belong in our state. We need your help to keep it out.
Fridays in the Field #6: Lynne Bonnett on advocacy, justice, and sewage in New Haven
Mussels and seaweed have the potential to help clean up Long Island Sound
While communities are investing heavily to upgrade sewage treatment plants and keep nitrogen out of Long Island Sound, researchers are studying whether mussels and kelp might be effective in removing it once it gets there.
2013 Water Quality: Improved But Still Not Great Off Westchester and Nassau
The results are in: compared to last year, the summer of 2013 on Long Island Sound wasn’t so bad for marine life. Water quality as measured by dissolved oxygen improved over the dismal conditions in 2012 and only a relatively small area saw drastically low dissolved readings.
Fridays in the Field #1: Interview with John Hudak of the South Central CT Regional Water Authority
This is the first installment in our “Fridays in the Field” series.
Save the Sound Releases Mamaroneck Water Quality Testing Data
Significant bacterial contamination at ten locations in and around Mamaroneck Harbor
Where Did the Plastic Pellets Found in Mamaroneck’s Harbor Island Park Come From?
A higher than normal flood tide that rose over the seawall dropped an unusual bit of flotsam at Mamaroneck’s Harbor Island Park in late February: tiny, white, plastic pellets, like tapioca. A million of them, by Katherine Desmond’s rough estimate.