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Bravo to New York state voters for overwhelmingly passing a ballot referendum last week adding wording to the New York Constitution’s Bill of Rights guaranteeing the right to clean water, air and a healthful environment.
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11/11/21
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By Alyssa Seidman
aseidman@liherald.com
After securing over $7 million to complete its long-awaited sewer line project, the Village of Sea Cliff is preparing plans to connect existing …
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By Alyssa Seidman
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8/16/18
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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.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/8/18
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United Water is making changes at the sewage treatment plants, including the Cedar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is expected to realize a $12 million savings to taxpayers this year.
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By Laura Schofer
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1/29/15
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The public-private partnership between United Water and Nassau County has been touted as a way to save the county money and improve wastewater infrastructure, but for the county workers at Cedar Creek, the transition process has been bumpy.
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By Laura Schofer
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11/19/14
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently rejected the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s request to fund a $690 million outflow pipe that would stretch from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant three miles into the Atlantic Ocean.
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6/19/14
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Last Oct. 29, Hurricane Sandy drowned the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in East Rockaway with more than nine feet of saltwater, destroying its pumps, shutting down its operating systems and overwhelming the already weak facility.
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6/6/13
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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 …
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9/26/12
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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.
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By Vanessa Canner
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8/29/12
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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.
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3/29/12
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