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.
Category: Western Sound
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.
Save the Sound to Host Water Quality Forum in Mamaroneck
Join Save the Sound’s staff for a discussion of Long Island Sound water quality issues at a community forum in Mamaroneck on Wednesday evening, July 16.
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.
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.
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!
Keep a Healthy Garden and Lawn: Tips for Sound-friendly Gardening
The Long Island Sound cleanup is so massive that there’s nothing one person can do to help, right? Wrong.