2014 Hypoxia Review for Long Island Sound
While this summer is an indication of good news, we must continue the enormous challenge of pulling excess nitrogen out of the system.
While this summer is an indication of good news, we must continue the enormous challenge of pulling excess nitrogen out of the system.
Monitoring finds dangerous levels of bacteria at Beaver Swamp Brook and Hutchinson River, cleaner beaches
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.
Water quality in the western Sound is unusually good to start the summer: Dissolved oxygen readings were above 5 milligrams per liter throughout the Sound in late June.
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!
Over 90 participants spent a productive day discussing how to preserve Long Island Sound into the future