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
Category: Western Sound
Guest Post: Citizens Summit to Look from Past to Future of the Sound
Dr. Drew Carey of WaterVision provides a history of Sound management and urges citizens to join him at the Long Island Sound Citizens Summit to forge the latest chapter in the Sound’s great legacy.
Increase NY’s Environmental Protection Fund to Clean Up the Western Sound
Fixing the sewers that are the main reason Westchester’s Long Island Sound beaches close so often is an expensive proposition.
For oxygen in the Sound, which is more important: the size of a sewage plant or its location?
The answer may surprise you.
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.
What’s the Prognosis for Long Island Sound’s Fish? We Asked the Doctor
Several factors causing major issues in Long Island Sound.
Mussels and seaweed have the potential to help clean up Long Island Sound
While communities are investing heavily to upgrade sewage treatment plants and keep nitrogen out of Long Island Sound, researchers are studying whether mussels and kelp might be effective in removing it once it gets there.
2013 Water Quality: Improved But Still Not Great Off Westchester and Nassau
The results are in: compared to last year, the summer of 2013 on Long Island Sound wasn’t so bad for marine life. Water quality as measured by dissolved oxygen improved over the dismal conditions in 2012 and only a relatively small area saw drastically low dissolved readings.