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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

Time to get out and enjoy the sunshine

Spring, which seems to have been teasing us since last December, has finally arrived. more

4/12/12

Bay Park bicyclist killed on Long Beach Road

The Nassau County Police Department reported a fatal auto accident on Nov. 6 in Oceanside at approximately 1:30 a.m. According to police, a witness saw Jay Brown, 48, of Bay Park, fall off of … more

11/9/11

Mangano, Legislature continue overhaul of Bay Park Plant

The Nassau County Legislature approved more than $3 million in contracts on April 4 to bring necessary equipment and upgrades to the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant to end the illegal sewage … more

Chris Engelhardt | 4/20/11

The County Legislature approved more than $3 million in contracts on Jan. 10 to bring necessary equipment and services to the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, above.

Millions earmarked to stop bay discharge

The Nassau County Legislature approved more than $3 million in contracts on Jan. 10 for new equipment and upgrades at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, in an effort to end months of illegal sewage discharge into Reynolds Channel, which many residents and local officials have called a serious environmental health hazard. more

By Chris Engelhardt | 1/26/11

The Nassau County Department of Public Works continues to truck raw sewage through Merrick.

County continues to truck sewage through Merrick

Trucking of raw sewage from Nassau County’s Bay Park treatment plant in East Rockaway to a pumping station on Merrick Road in Merrick is continuing as the county works to fix mechanical problems at the Bay Park plant, said Bill Fonda, a state Department of Environmental Conservation spokesman, in an interview on Thursday. more

David Weingrad | 1/6/11

Bay Park dumping disaster: 2010 Year in Review

Unfiltered solids started spewing from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment plant’s outflow pipe in Reynolds Channel, prompting EPA investigations and people calling for the DEC to take action against the … more

12/30/10

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said on Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency is releasing $11 million to repair the aging Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in East Rockaway, among other projects.

Schumer: EPA releasing $11M in sewer-repair funds

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced on Dec. 21 that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to release $11 million in grant money awarded to Nassau County in the mid-1980s as a reimbursement for $20 million in upgrade work done at the Bay Park and Cedar Creek sewage treatment plants at the time. more

by Scott Brinton | 12/21/10

The Nassau County Department of Public Works is shipping raw sewage from the Bay Park treatment plant in East Rockaway to this pumping station on Merrick Road in Merrick. The sewage is then piped to the Cedar Creek treatment plant in Wantagh. The plan is a temporary fix for mechanical problems at Bay Park.

County trucking sewage across the South Shore

Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. The Nassau County Department of Public Works is trucking up to 80,000 gallons of raw sewage each day from the Bay Park treatment plant in East Rockaway through Baldwin and Freeport to a red brick pumping station in Merrick. more

David Weingrad and Scott Brinton | 12/17/10