Here is Part I of a projected three month series on the question, Can Long Island Be Saved? This series, written for The Huffington Post, will focus primarily on water quality issues. What is happening to our drinking water? What is happening to our bays, rivers and...
Released January 24th, 2014, this report is thorough, comprehensive, and alarming. Â The 350,000 septic tanks in Suffolk County are killing all our ponds, rivers, and bays. Lawn fertilizers, pesticides, toxic plumes, volatile household chemicals and improperly disposed...
On November 13th, 2013, The Suffolk County Legislature voted 13-3 to raid the Drinking Water Protection Program to the tune of almost $33 million dollars in order to balance the budget.  This was unacceptable then, and now.  The fund was established in 1987 by a...
To: Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone From: The Membership of Save The Great South Bay Re: Water Quality on Long Island Dear Mr. Bellone, We of Save The Great South Bay applaud your leadership in helping to shine a light on the major issue threatening all of Long...