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.
Tag: Stormwater
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!
Sound Swim Alerts: Our Goal is to End Pollution at Westchester’s Beaches
Planning a trip to Westchester’s Long Island Sound beaches is an iffy proposition. Pollution shuts some of them regularly. Others almost never close. All are threatened by occasional and unexpected sewage mishaps.
Sound Swim Alert: Westchester’s Beaches Are Safe for Swimming Today!
Update Monday, May 26: No rain means safe swimming, so enjoy the beach. High tide is late morning. Plenty of sun but the water is still cold!
Replacement of Mamaroneck Club’s Sewer is Essential
The biggest success of our water quality testing in Mamaroneck last summer was the discovery of a broken sewer pipe that was leaking raw sewage into Otter Creek, near where it empties into Mamaroneck Harbor.
“Keeping Our Beaches Open” at the Larchmont Mamaroneck Summit
The scores of beach closings at Westchester County’s Long Island Sound beaches over the summer caught the attention recently of a civic group called the Larchmont Mamaroneck Local Summit, which organized its monthly breakfast discussion for October around the topic.
Fridays in the Field #1: Interview with John Hudak of the South Central CT Regional Water Authority
This is the first installment in our “Fridays in the Field” series.
Save the Sound participates in the CT GI Symposium
As cities around the country work to develop sustainability initiatives, many are turning to green infrastructure (GI) to resolve issues related to stormwater runoff.