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Last Oct. 29, Hurricane Sandy drowned the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in East Rockaway with more than nine feet of saltwater, destroying its pumps, shutting down its operating systems and overwhelming the already weak facility.
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6/6/13
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Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano this evening issued a Conserve Water Order as Hurricane Sandy has caused a critical infrastructure failure at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant. At this …
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10/30/12
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This afternoon, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano held a pres conference to update residents on the state of the county.
Speaking from within the Office of Emergency Management in Bethpage, …
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By Alex Costello
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10/30/12
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It takes a tragedy to prompt change, said Alan Alterman of East Meadow, and the Oyster Bay boat accident on July Fourth is focusing political and public interest on boating safety laws.
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By Shannon Koehle
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8/2/12
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Q. We have a leaking foundation in our new house. The builder says the problem is caused by our patio, though they do admit that because the house was built in sand, it didn’t require tar waterproofing because it’s concrete, and the patio slopes to the house, so water gets in.
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Monte Leeper
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7/26/12
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Every day, Nassau and Suffolk counties’ roughly 2.8 million inhabitants draw 375 million gallons of water from the ground to boil spaghetti, wash their cars, water their lawns and, of course, drink, among thousands of other uses, according to the Long Island Water Conference, a consortium of the Island’s public and private water suppliers.
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7/12/12
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Nassau County’s aging sewage treatment plants –– the Bay Park plant in East Rockaway, the Cedar Creek plant in Wantagh and the Glen Cove plant –– have for years been a proverbial yoke around the county’s neck.
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5/17/12
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Nassau County’s aging sewage treatment plants –– the Bay Park plant in East Rockaway, the Cedar Creek plant in Wantagh and the Glen Cove plant –– have for years been a proverbial yoke around the county’s neck.
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5/14/12
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Facing a $3 billion debt, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano recently announced his intent to pursue a public-private partnership to operate and maintain the county’s three sewage treatment plants. At a news conference in Mineola on Thursday, Mangano, a Republican from Bethpage, said the transaction would earn the county $750 million, alleviating 25 percent of Nassau’s debt –– the highest of any county in New York.
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By David Weingrad
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5/5/12
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National organization Food and Water Watch, along with Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Reach Out America and Grassroots Environmental Education, held a public forum on April 23, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Shelter Rock in Manhasset, to rally support for a ban on hydraulic fracturing — a process that involves the injection of millions of gallons of water, chemicals and sand into shale rock formations at high pressure to break apart the rock and release trapped natural gas.
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By Jackie Nash
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5/1/12
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