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Long Island American Water installed this water pipe under the Reynolds Channel between Lawrence and Atlantic Beach, just west of the Atlantic Beach Bridge to improve service and drinking water quality.

Lynbrook-based Long Island American Water replaced a 60-year-old water main in Reynolds Channel and it is expected to improve service and drinking water quality for residents in Atlantic Beach, Lawrence, Cedarhurst and Inwood. more

By ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 4/19/12

Maps of the closed harvesting areas in the Town of Hempstead.

FDA, DEC shut down town shellfishing areas

South Shore residents accustomed to jumping in their boats and heading out for a day of clamming in Hempstead Bay will have to travel farther this spring and summer. At the recommendation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Town of Hempstead’s shellfishing areas west of the Wantagh Parkway were closed in February, with additional areas closed on April 1. Affected areas include the waters south of Bellmore, Merrick and Freeport. more

By Deirdre Krasula, dkrasula@liherald.com | 4/19/12

$Eric Weltman, a senior organizer at Food and Water Watch, spoke to supporters of a state ban on hydraulic fracturing last week.$

Locals rally against fracking in N.Y.

More than a dozen local residents gathered outside the district office of State Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) in Garden City Park on Feb. 17 to show their support for a ban on hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in the extraction of natural gas. more

By Jackie Nash | 2/25/12

Nassau County is now in charge of operating the wastewater treatment plants in the villages of Cedarhurst, above, and Lawrence.

Nassau County takes over village’s treatment plants

Nassau County took control of the wastewater treatment plants in Cedarhurst and Lawrence villages on Jan. 1 as part of the county’s Sewage Treatment Master Plan that includes transferring village sewage to the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in East Rockaway. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 1/26/12

The Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District plant processes an average of 600,000 to 700,000 gallons of wastewater a day.

Cleansing the water in Atlantic Beach for nearly 80 years

While organizations and other entities mark their anniversaries with parties and events, the Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District, a wastewater treatment plant, will be celebrating 80 years of existence in 2012 with an upgrade in operations. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 12/15/11

Chlorinated compounds were found at the former Quick and Clean Cleaners, now Madison Cleaners, at 380 Rockaway Turnpike in Cedarhurst.

Contaminants found at Cedarhurst dry cleaning site

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that a 2004 investigation of the former Quick and Clean Cleaners, now Madison Cleaners, on Rockaway Turnpike in Cedarhurst, led to the discovery of chlorinated compounds in the groundwater which does not affect the nearby water supply. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 9/1/11

Island Park Mayor James Ruzicka estimated that Little Beach has eroded 75 percent over the last decade. An Army Corps of Engineers report recommends replacing the deteriorating eastern bulkhead of the beach, at right, which abuts Suffolk Road. Sen. Charles Schumer has said he will help the village, the Town of Hempstead, the DEC and the corps come together to find a solution to the problem.

Schumer pledges aid for Island Park beach

Senator Charles Schumer has pledged to help Island Park get the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation together to work on a solution to the … more

Alex Costello | 7/27/11

Dust and noise generated by New York Recycling has angered some Inwood residents.

Recycling plant riles Inwood residents

George Bopp bought his Davis Avenue home in 2007, eight years after he began looking for a house, because he was attracted to what was known as a quiet neighborhood in Inwood. more

ANN E. FRIEDMAN | 5/19/11

State should open woodlands to the public

For nearly 10 years, the Herald has exposed the dire condition into which the woodlands surrounding the Meadowbrook Parkway have fallen. Vandals regularly spray graffiti on trees. Contractors dump their waste there. more

3/24/11

Nassau County Department of Public Works Commissioner Shila Shah-Gavnoudias, far right, was joined by DPW officials as she provided an update on the treatment plants.

Bay Park and Cedar Creek plants upgraded

Following months of criticism by residents, environmentalists and elected officials, Nassau County officials from the Department of Public Works provided an update on the improvements made at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant in East Rockaway and the Cedar Creek treatment plant in Wantagh. more

CHRIS ENGELHARDT | 3/23/11

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