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A delay in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s approval of a deal between county officials and the Public Service Enterprise Group of Long Island to power the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility could hold up a plan to transfer treated effluent from the plant to Cedar Creek through an aqueduct under Sunrise Highway.
Bay Park outfall plan hinges on swift action from FEMA
A deal between county officials and PSEG Long Island to provide power to the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility has yet to be approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which could delay a plan to reroute treated effluent from the plant to the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant. more
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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
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FEMA gives $5M for Sunrise pipe project
The federal Emergency Management Agency is providing $5 million to help cover engineering costs for a planned project to send partially treated sewage from the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility in East Rockaway to the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant in Wantagh, where it will be sent for discharge three miles out in the Atlantic Ocean. more
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Rob Weltner, president of Operation SPLASH, showed on a map where the sewage would be rerouted to the ocean outfall pipe during a recent meeting with Baldwin civic associations.
Locals cautiously optimistic about sewage pipe plan
Members of the Freeport-based Operation SPLASH (Stop Polluting Littering and Save Harbors) were out and about on the South Shore this month to explain and promote a Nassau County proposal to send treated sewage from the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility in East Rockaway to the Cedar Creek facility in Wantagh via a 110-year-old steel pipe. more
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At a meeting at Operation SPLASH headquarters in Freeport on June 26, a panel offered an update on the study of the aqueduct running underneath Sunrise Highway. Members of the panel included Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, left; Brian Schneider, assistant to the deputy commissioner of the Nassau County Department of Public Works; Rob Walker, Nassau County deputy executive; Mike Martino, Suez community affairs director and Alan Weyland, Suez director of operations.
Sunrise Highway aqueduct deemed ‘viable host’
County officials announced last week that they are accepting design proposals from engineering firms after a three-month study confirmed that a 110-year-old aqueduct running underneath Sunrise Highway is a “viable host pipe” to transport treated sewage from the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility in Bay Park to the ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant on the Wantagh-Seaford border. more
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City council members are proposing an $18 million project that would convert the existing water treatment plant into a pumping station.
City to vote on $6.3M bond to consolidate sewers
Long Beach City Council members are pursuing an $18 million project to convert the city’s 70-year-old wastewater treatment plant into a pumping station that would stop the flow of waste into … more
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Beginning on June 29, Kingsbury will ride into the evening and early hours of the morning to help raise money for the Miles for Matt Foundation — an organization dedicated to education, safety and athletic projects.
Wantagh resident will bike 400 miles in honor of late teen
No one knew that when 19-year-old Matt Scarpati went for quick bike ride one late evening in 200 that it would be his last.  It has been eight years since an intoxicated motorcyclist, who … more
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Above, a view of the bays from the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick.
A pipe dream come true?
Engineers have determined that the 110-year-old aqueduct running underneath Sunrise Highway is in “very good condition,” and county officials are preparing for the next stages of a … more
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Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said the next steps in the Sunrise Highway aqueduct project will be discussed at the group’s June 27 meeting at Operation SPLASH headquarters in Freeport.
Officials update plans as Sunrise Highway aqueduct deemed in 'very good condition'
Engineers have determined that the 110-year-old aqueduct running underneath Sunrise Highway is in “very good condition,” and county officials are preparing for the next stages of a proposed project to refurbish and upgrade the pipe to transport treated sewage from Bay Park to Cedar Creek. more
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The Western Bays stretch for 10 miles, from Rockaway Inlet in the west to Jones Inlet in the east.
State of the sewage
The Western Bays stretch for 10 miles, from Rockaway Inlet in the west to Jones Inlet in the east. For decades, they’ve been in decline.  By U.S. Environmental Protection Agency … more
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