How Soon Will We See Improvement in the Water Quality of Long Island Sound?
Every time we give a presentation about hypoxia and the Long Island Sound cleanup, we are asked some variation of the same question:
Category: Sewage & Stormwater
Guest Post: Your Vote Tomorrow Can End One Billion Gallons of Sewage in Local Rivers Every Year
Save the Sound Appeals NY Order Allowing Excess Nitrogen into Long Island Sound
Yesterday, Save the Sound filed an appeal of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation consent order that relaxes the limits on nitrogen dumped into Long Island Sound by the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District.
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In keeping with our Green Infrastructure Week, we are excited to be having an event today with Secretary of the State Denise Merrill to unveil her brand new 201-square-foot bioswale/rain garden on the front lawn of her house in the West End of Hartford. We are thrilled that there is an elected official doing her […]
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.
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 […]