Long Island Sound Legislative Priorities
Clean water, climate change, shellfish, dam safety
Category: Clean Water
Proposed State Budget Reflects Commitment to Clean Water
The Governor has proposed to allocate $997 million to the Clean Water Fund.
Proposed Pipe to UConn is Bad Water Policy
The University of Connecticut is seeking an additional source of drinking water at its campus in Storrs to supply a potential technology park. UConn and the Metropolitan District Commission (the body that manages the public water supply in the greater Hartford area) are proposing to run a pipe across central Connecticut–from the Farmington River Watershed […]
Connecticut Appellate Court Upholds CFE Position in Eureka Case
Yesterday, the Connecticut Appellate Court officially released its decision in Eureka V, LLC v. Planning and Zoning Commission of Ridgefield et al., upholding CFE’s position that the development must be subject to the one unit per two acres limitation in a drinking water watershed.
Save the Sound Appeals NY Order Allowing Excess Nitrogen into Long Island Sound
Yesterday, Save the Sound filed an appeal of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation consent order that relaxes the limits on nitrogen dumped into Long Island Sound by the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District.
GI on the web
In keeping with our Green Infrastructure Week, we are excited to be having an event today with Secretary of the State Denise Merrill to unveil her brand new 201-square-foot bioswale/rain garden on the front lawn of her house in the West End of Hartford. We are thrilled that there is an elected official doing her […]
Observation Friday: Long Island officials sign agreement to protect Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor
This past Wednesday, elected officials representing 14 municipalities in Long Island formally established the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Protection Committee. The signing of the Inter-Municipal Agreement codifies the relationship between the municipalities who have been working together since January 2010 at the recommendation of Friends of the Bay.
Connecticut Beaches Closed More than Ever in 2011
Today, we announced that in 2011, there were a whopping 538 beach closures and advisory days along Connecticut’s shoreline. This is a huge jump from 2010’s 143 beach closures and advisory days – a 276 percent increase. According to this year’s Testing the Waters Report by the Natural Resources Defense Council, a lot of these […]