Among all the Long Island Sound water quality data released recently showing the summer of 2012 to have been particularly bad, there were two data sets that indicated something slightly different.
The recently released year-end water quality report for Long Island Sound confirmed what seemed obvious in August: when measured by hypoxia – the annual drop in dissolved oxygen caused by nitrogen in treated sewage – the summer of 2012 was awful.
Yesterday, we announced that our coastal cleanup data was in for the 57 cleanups we helped to coordinate during the spring and fall. What’s special this year is that of the 57 cleanups, two of them were held after Hurricane Sandy ravaged our shoreline.
Save the Sound’s coastal cleanup season has ended and we just finished tallying up our data for the year. It was a great year thanks to our wonderful volunteers.
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.
Today, three weeks since Hurricane Sandy, Chalker Beach in Old Saybrook is busy with activity. I notice trucks with logos that contain the words “Septic”, “Contractor”, “Demolition”, and “Electrical” motor past as they head to the shoreline area.
The devastating impacts from Hurricane Sandy were felt far and wide across the Northeast. On the shores of Long Island Sound, the damage to homes, businesses and infrastructure is hard to miss. What’s not as easily seen is the toll inflicted on those who make their living on the water.
