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Long Island’s South Shore Wastewater Infrastructure Problem

Long Island’s South Shore Wastewater Infrastructure Problem

by John Hall | Jul 30, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Fixing Habitats, Shellfish

Carl LoBue’s posts on the Save The Great South Bay Facebook page always get me thinking, and googling. And this one is no exception: Carl LoBue, on the relationship between the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant and Point Lookout seaweed: Although the configuration...
Mapping The Rate of Septic Tank Seepage / Polluted Water Flow On Long Island

Mapping The Rate of Septic Tank Seepage / Polluted Water Flow On Long Island

by Marshall Brown | Jul 26, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats

In September 2012, The Peconic Baykeepersubmitted a 200 page petition to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) citing some 1,338 sewage treatment plants and large septic tanks and cesspools on Long Island, all in Suffolk County, that...

Local Filmmaker Seeks Support for Documentary About Long Island Pollution

by Marshall Brown | Jul 22, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats

Save The Great South Bay wishes Chris Casey all the best in his efforts to fund his film, “Air, Land, Water:  The Environmental Challenges Facing Long Island.” Visit his site at LongIslandPollution.com.   It well describes what we are facing.   Chris, we...
A Water Quality Crisis On Long Island — Brown Tide, Beach Closings; Baykeeper Brings Law Suits Against New York State and The Federal Government

A Water Quality Crisis On Long Island — Brown Tide, Beach Closings; Baykeeper Brings Law Suits Against New York State and The Federal Government

by Marshall Brown | Jul 20, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Education, Fixing Habitats

Today marks the seventh day — and hopefully last — day of the heat wave.   It sure would be nice if we Long Islanders could head down to the shore and take a dip in the water to cool off.   That’s part of what brought people to Long Island in the...
What Caused The Brown Tide in The Great South Bay in 2013?  SCERP Has The Answer in One Graphic

What Caused The Brown Tide in The Great South Bay in 2013? SCERP Has The Answer in One Graphic

by Marshall Brown | Jul 15, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured

via Facebook   From SCERP (Stony Brook Southampton Coastal and Estuarine Research Program)’s Facebook Page.  Give them a WELL DESERVED LIKE for their outstanding research!   WHAT CAUSED THE 2013 BROWN TIDE IN GREAT SOUTH BAY? The outbreak of the brown...
The Breach Report July 11th — New Inlet Holding Off The Brown Tide, at Least In The Eastern Part of The Great South Bay (via SCERP)

The Breach Report July 11th — New Inlet Holding Off The Brown Tide, at Least In The Eastern Part of The Great South Bay (via SCERP)

by Marshall Brown | Jul 11, 2013 | Cleaner Water, Featured, Fixing Habitats

SCERP — The Southampton Coastal and Estuarine Research Program — has posted this dramatic picture of how the massive brown tide bloom in The Great South Bay is not spreading to the south eastern part of the bay, thanks to The New Inlet: Note how this...
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