Category: Hypoxia & the Dead Zone
Mount Vernon Must Notify Public of Sewage in Hutchinson & Fix It Now
On a Saturday in June, an anonymous citizen watchdog alerted Save the Sound to a sewage overflow entering the Hutchinson River from Mount Vernon’s sewage system. The report sounded our alarm.
Good news to start the summer: Oxygen levels throughout the Sound are high
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.
On Long Island Sound Day, New Pledge Empowers Residents to Save the Sound
We’re celebrating Long Island Sound Day and the official opening of beach season this weekend in style: welcome to our new Long Island Sound Pledge!
Great Neck Sewage Treatment Plant Fixes Problems, No Longer Violating Clean Water Act
Long Island Sound Citizens Summit a Success!
Over 90 participants spent a productive day discussing how to preserve Long Island Sound into the future
Guest Post: Citizens Summit builds on work of Clean Water / Jobs Coalition
David J. Miller, creator of Listen to the Sound and the Clean Water Jobs Coalition, details the history of nitrogen reduction in Long Island Sound and important collaborations still active today.
Press Release: Save the Sound Grades NY Sewage Treatment Plants
Save the Sound Grades New York’s Sewage Treatment Plants Plants Must Reduce Nitrogen to Long Island Sound by 2017 to Heal Dead Zone