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Lawrence resident Howard Kopel who has served as the Nassau County Legislature's deputy presiding officer since 2018 was sworn in as the presiding officer in the Legislative building on Jan. 5. more
What’s next?, is always the question when things change. So after the Cedarhurst sewage treatment plant was decommissioned in 2016, what’s next has been a discussion that is now nearly six years old. more
April 22 is Earth Day, when we come together as a nation — and a planet — to celebrate the natural world and renew our vows to protect the environment from harm. In honor of Earth Day five years ago . . . more
The Nassau County Legislature voted unanimously on Aug. 3 to approve additional funding for a new marine bulkhead along the Glen Cove Sewage Treatment Plant, near Hempstead Harbor. The bulkhead will … more
When the power generators are running on diesel fuel at the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility at times each day, a plume of yellow smoke can be seen spewing from the plant, filling the air in nearby yards and parks with odors and toxins. That has residents worried about the potential health effects of inhaling diesel exhaust. more
A long-awaited project to remove nitrogen from the Western Bays gained steam on Sept. 9, when the Nassau County Legislature unanimously voted to borrow $408 million to build a system to divert treated sewage from Bay Park to Wantagh, and from there into the Atlantic Ocean. more
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
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
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
A plan to consolidate services among 70 municipalities in Nassau County, including Long Beach, is expected to save taxpayers $130 million. A panel of local officials approved a shared-services … more
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