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.
Join Save the Sound’s staff for a discussion of Long Island Sound water quality issues at a community forum in Mamaroneck on Wednesday evening, July 16.
Sunday Update: The beaches remain open and the weather could not be more beautiful! Westchester’s Long Island Sound beaches are open for swimming today, July 5th, 2014. Enjoy the water!
The 10 beaches listed below are closed today (Wednesday, July 3) because of pollution carried by the rain yesterday and last night.
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.
Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29: Westchester County’s Long Island Sound beaches are open for swimming today.
Sunday, June 22 — Westchester’s beaches are open again today. Saturday, June 21 – Long Island Sound beaches in Westchester County are open today. With warm temperatures, blue skies and lots of daylight, it’s a terrific opportunity to enjoy a beautiful day at the beach or on the water.
Habitat is where fish make more fish. And New England needs more fish.
