Meet a Save the Sound Water Sampling Volunteer
This summer, Save the Sound completed its second water quality monitoring season in Westchester County, NY. We could not have done it without the work of our volunteer water quality team!
Category: Sewage & Stormwater
Open Beaches Belie Chronic Pollution Problems
Beaches in Westchester & Nassau counties were closed preemptively far fewer times in 2014 than in 2013. But don’t be fooled. The improvement is not a sign that the water is getting cleaner. In fact, it’s not a lasting improvement at all.
Porous Pavement in Plainville
Snow and rain will filter through the pavement, keeping harmful runoff from entering sewers and polluting the Quinnipiac River.
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.
Sewage Pollution Right to Know Act: Keeping NY’s Beachgoers Safe & Informed
Westchester residents can learn directly and immediately about sewage spills that might alter their plans for being on the water.
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.
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!
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