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Nassau County has sent treated sewage into Reynolds Channel and the Western Bays since the late 1940s. A new county plan to divert the effluent to an ocean outfall pipe would end the practice, which would improve water quality in the bays, environmental experts say. Above, a view of the bays from the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick. Photo by Scott Brinton/Herald
County's pipe dream moving forward
Nassau County is looking to divert tens of millions of gallons of treated sewage from the Bay Park treatment plant in East Rockaway to the ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek plant on the … more
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Think global, and local, on Earth Day
On April 22, we will celebrate the 46th annual Earth Day, when, ideally, we should commit to improving the state of our great Mother Ship. Despite our best efforts to discover a second planet where we might lay down roots . . . more
Some Rock Hall Road residents would like to see a facility similar to Zion Park, above, built on the site of the Village of Lawrence sewage plant after it is demolished.
Lawrence village sewage plant to be dismantled
The decommissioning of the Village of Lawrence sewage plant could begin as early as April, and neighbors want to know what will be done with the 4.35 acres of land on Rock Hall Road that will be returned to the village, possibly by the end of the year. more
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Long Island’s future looks bright in 2016
Twenty-fifteen came and went, and yet, believe it or not, many Long Island residents are still struggling to recover from Superstorm Sandy. Rather than getting back on their feet, they are left waiting for promised relief. Even though the majority of displaced residents have returned to their homes . . . more
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, left, was joined by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano on Monday when he called on Albany to allocate federal funding for a new outfall pipe for the Bay Park Sewage plant.
Schumer's pipe dream
If U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has his way, hundreds of millions of dollars in additional federal aid coming to New York would be used to fund a new ocean outfall pipe for East Rockaway’s Bay … more
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Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano delivered his 2015 State of the County address on Wednesday in East Meadow.
Mangano: Nassau on right track
In his State of the County speech Wednesday night in East Meadow, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano painted a bright picture of Nassau’s present and future, touting his administration’s efforts to attract young people and families to the county, spur growth in the private sector, downsize government and hold down taxes. more
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At a press conference on Feb. 12 at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola, Shila Shah-Gavnoudias, commissioner of the county Department of Public Works; Jon Kaiman, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s special advisor for Long Island storm recovery; Ed Mangano, the county executive; and Todd Kaminsky, a state assemblyman from Long Beach, announced that the state would provide $150 million to upgrade the Bay Park plant with a nitrogen-removal system.
State promises $150 million to better treat sewage
New York state has pledged to fund the installation of a $150 million nitrogen-removal system at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, which will reduce the environmental harm of the sewage the plant discharges into Nassau County’s Western Bays, state and county officials said on Feb. 12. The officials, speaking at a Mineola news conference, also called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide $550 million more to build an outfall pipe to carry effluent from Bay Park into the Atlantic Ocean. more
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The Bay Park sewage plant in East Rockaway is one of three wastewater treatment facilities that will be maintained and operated by United Water.
Nassau County Legislature OKs sewer privatization
The Nassau County Legislature’s seven-member, bipartisan rules committee unanimously passed a plan on July 18 to implement a long-term contract for the control of the county’s wastewater system. Promising to save taxpayers roughly $240 million over the next 20 years ... more
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The Western Bays provide many recreational opportunities such as kayaking, but scientists say that fertilizer runoff and partially treated sewage effluent threaten the health of the bays. Above, a wetland canal at Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick.
The Western Bays, an ecosystem suffering from all sides
Superstorm Sandy will be remembered as one of Nassau County’s most demoralizing calamities: the miles of rubble that choked the expanses where houses had stood in dignified symmetry, the thousands of Long Islanders living in limbo, forced to use their savings to stay afloat. People weren’t the only ones affected by the storm, though. Sandy devastated wildlife throughout Nassau’s Western Bays, which scientists had already considered to be fragile ecosystems –– many on the brink of collapse –– long before the storm. more
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We'll say it again — fund the Bay Park pipe
The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently rejected the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s request to fund a $690 million outflow pipe that would stretch from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant three miles into the Atlantic Ocean. more
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