Tag: Stormwater
Our Edgewood Bioswale is finished!
After nearly two weeks of labor and several rain delays, our bioswale at Edgewood School in New Haven is finished!
Now Is the Time! Check for Sewage Overflows
It’s pouring rain across our region, which makes this a great time to go outside and check to see how your local sewer infrastructure is holding up.
We’re building a bioswale! So what is that?
A man-made garden ditch specifically designed to capture and filter rainwater! Learn more about our New Haven project here.
Fall Patrols on western Long Island Sound
In the past week I went on two patrols of the Sound with local fishermen and Sound enthusiasts. Getting out on the water with local boaters is the best way to explore the many local treasures along our coastline and to learn about community concerns, challenges and opportunities.
Save the Sound Volunteer Helps Stop Sewage Spill at Marshlands in Rye
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.
Westchester Sound Swim Alert for the Weekend of June 6 and 7
Sunday, June 8: The beaches are open today. Enjoy! The water quality is fine at Westchester’s Long Island Sound beaches, and they are open for swimming today, Saturday, June 7.
Sound Swim Alert for Westchester: Beaches Open!
Sunday, June 1, 2014: The beaches in Westchester are open and the water is fine! Saturday, May 31, 2014: The water at the Long Island Sound beaches in Westchester is clean and the beaches are open today. So if you don’t mind cool and breezy temperatures, and cool water, enjoy!