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Critical failure at Bay Park sewage plant

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 … more

10/30/12

New York League of Conservation Voters board member Michael Zapson, left, league Chairman Michael J. Posillico, Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, league President Marcia Bystryn, City Council President Len Torres, City Councilwoman Fran Adelson and City Manager Jack Schnirman.

Environmental group unveils wastewater action plan

In an effort to protect the environment, the New York League of Conservation Voters has unveiled a four-point plan to fix the region’s ailing wastewater systems and polluted waterways. more

By Vanessa Canner | 8/29/12

Sewer deal could be boon for county

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. more

5/17/12

Sewer deal could be boon — or not — for the county

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. more

5/14/12

Say 'no' to hydrofracking waste in Nassau

Nassau County Legislators Denise Ford, Howard Kopel and Dennis Dunne, all Republicans, have proposed a measure that would ban the processing of hydraulic fracturing, or “hydrofracking,” waste at county sewage-treatment plants. more

3/29/12

Long Beach resident and environmental activist Scott Bochner led the presentation.

Residents, civic leaders demand transparency

Following a call for greater transparency by several South Shore civic and elected leaders over a proposal by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano to sell or lease three of the county’s sewage … more

By Chris Engelhardt | 3/20/12

South Shore civic and elected leaders are calling for transparency over a proposal by Nassau County Executive Ed Mang-ano to sell or lease the Glen Cove Sewage Plant, the Cedar Creek Sewage Plant in Wantagh and the Bay Park Sewage Plant.

Sewage plant plan sparks residents’ ire

Several South Shore civic and elected leaders have banded together to decry a proposal by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano to sell or lease three of the county’s sewage treatment plants to a … more

Chris Engelhardt and David Weingrad | 2/29/12

Nassau’s sewage plan stinks

To the Editor: Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano is proposing to sell or lease three of the county’s sewage treatment plants (STP’s), including Cedar Creek, Bay Park and Glen Cove, to … more

1/20/12

Scott Bochner and his fellow volunteers collected debris by hand during a Reynolds Channel marsh cleanup in May and brought it to a sanitation facility in Long Beach.

Long Beach Person of the Year

Every day, West Pine Street resident Scott Bochner, 55, steps out onto his balcony and takes in the view of Reynolds Channel across from his home. Whether in the morning, before work, or in the … more

Chris Engelhardt | 12/28/11

The cce gave Long Beach a D and said that the plant had 78 violations.

Long Beach sewage treatment plant gets a ‘D’

The Long Beach Water Pollution Control Facility received a grade of D from the nonprofit advocacy organization Citizens Campaign for the Environment, which released its first Long Island Sewage … more

By Chris Engelhardt | 11/9/11