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Pipe study to close parts of Sunrise Highway from Bellmore to Lynbrook

The county will continue its inspection of an aqueduct under the Sunrise highway on Sunday, to determine if the 110-year-old pipeline can be used to transport wastewater from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant to the Cedar Creek outfall pipe. more

By Erik Hawkins | 4/12/17

Brian Schneider, the county’s deputy public works director, said that funding for the $354 million project to reroute effluent from Bay Park to Wantagh via an aqueduct under Sunrise Highway is still being worked out, but preliminary work has started.

FEMA gives $5M for Sunrise Highway 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

By Melissa Koenig | 1/4/17

Nassau County proposes new name for the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant

The protection seawall surrounding the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant is now complete — and, in an effort to give the plant a new identity, Nassau County has proposed renaming the facility the Bay … more

By Mary Malloy | 11/9/16

‘If you smell something, say something’

Wantagh and Seaford residents — some of whom have raised concerns about foul odors wafting from the Cedar Creek Sewage Treatment Plant onto local streets — will soon be able to track the … more

By Julie Mansmann | 9/29/16

Saying goodbye to Summer in Seaford

With the first day of school rapidly approaching, Seaford families are enjoying the final days of the youngsters’ summer recess at local parks. more

By Rebecca Anderson | 8/30/16

It’s the season for all things outdoors

June is Great Outdoors Month. It’s a recognition and celebration of all the things we can do outside. And here on the South Shore, there’s no shortage of ways to spend a day out of doors, and have lots of fun doing it. more

6/16/16

Phil Kingsbury will begin his 24-hour bike ride around Cedar Creek Park at 6 p.m. on June 23.

Wantagh resident going the extra mile

“Never Stop Pedaling” is what 62-year-old Phil Kingsbury would title a book about his life — if he weren’t diligently preparing to ride for a world record and a cause. more

By Briana Bonfiglio | 6/15/16

Let’s hope county’s plan isn’t just a pipe dream

“The long-term sustainability of Reynolds Channel and our surrounding bays is a pressing environmental concern . . ." more

6/1/16

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

By Scott Brinton, Nick Ciccone, Andrew Hackmack and Laura Schofer | 5/20/16

So far, the sewage deal doesn’t stink

Anyone who has paid attention to Nassau County politics over the past few years knows that elected officials have tried just about everything to save money and raise revenue. From the closing of police precincts . . . more

4/13/16

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