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Debris and garbage was piled along West Broadway two weeks after Sandy.

Ford calls on EPA to check air, water quality

Nassau County Legislator Denise Ford (R-Long Beach) called on the Environmental Protection Agency last week to test the air and water in Long Beach and other areas amid residents’ concerns over … more

By Anthony Rifilato | 12/6/12

Lessons to be learned from Sandy

Weather forecasters are often criticized for being wrong. With Hurricane Sandy, we wish they had been. more

11/15/12

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

Mangano announces study for Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant

Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced on Monday that a major study is underway to explore new methods of discharging treated wastewater from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant. The … more

9/26/12

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