Rain Gardens: beautify your lawn and curb polluted runoff
There is one type of green infrastructure technique that stands out from the crowd as being aesthetically pleasing in addition to environmentally beneficial: rain gardens.
Category: Sewage & Stormwater
Dying menhaden in Quinnipiac River does not mean environmental doom
Last week, the New Haven Register wrote a story about dead menhaden littering the banks of the Quinnipiac River recently. While the cause of the die off of thousands of bunker fish in the Quinnipiac River is not yet known, there is a likely scenario—and it’s one that does not spell environmental doom.
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 […]
Cleaning up the Sound – Starting with City Sewage Overflows
Last week, Save the Sound testified publicly in favor of the New Haven regional sewer authority investing $50 million in sewage treatment plant improvements in New Haven. Part of the environmental justice is providing clean water, safe swimming, and safe boating and clamming for all people, including under served communities like New Haven. By cleaning […]
Save the Sound, Soundkeeper, and Conservation Law Foundation File Eight Clean Water Act Citizen Suits
Last week, we, along with Soundkeeper and the Conservation Law Foundation, announced that we filed lawsuits against eight Connecticut companies who are allegedly violating the Clean Water Act by illegally polluting Connecticut rivers and Long Island Sound. Stormwater runoff is the fastest growing threat to clean water in Connecticut and industrial sites discharge some of […]