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Think green — clean your vehicle at a car wash

Bravo to New York state voters for overwhelmingly passing a ballot referendum last week adding wording to the New York Constitution’s Bill of Rights guaranteeing the right to clean water, air and a healthful environment. more

11/11/21

Officials and environmentalists hosted a news conference on Monday to announce the completion of the first phase of the Bay Park Wastewater Treatment Plant’s $19.6 million upgrade. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said it was a long time coming.

Nitrogen in bays addressed in $19.6M plan

Suez Water Long Island, which manages the Bay Park Wastewater Treatment Plant for Nassau County, recently completed a $19.6 million project to install special tanks at the plant that will remove up … more

By Nicole Alcindor | 10/7/20

The county will soon send out requests for proposals tasking engineers to come up with ideas on how to transport treated effluent from Bay Park to the Wantagh-Seaford border through a 112-year old pipe beneath Sunrise Highway.

County seeking RFPs for aqueduct project connecting Bay Park to Cedar Creek

A county plan to use a 112-year-old aqueduct beneath Sunrise Highway to transport treated effluent eight miles from Bay Park to the Wantagh-Seaford border is on the cusp of becoming a reality. more

By Mike Smollins | 3/8/18

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

6/19/14

Protect the bays — fund the Bay Park pipe

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. more

6/6/13

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

Issues galore for the town of Hempstead to tackle

There are big-picture issues that the town of Hempsteand and Nassau County will have to tackle together. Foremost among them is the Lighthouse project, a sweeping proposal to transform 150 acres surrounding the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale from the barren asphalt of a parking lot to a residential and commercial zone. more

1/7/10

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