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Crescent beach has been closed due to contaminants for nine years.
EPA scientist: Additional tests needed at Crescent Beach
The preliminary results of a DNA study of possible sources of the contamination that has kept Crescent Beach closed to swimmers for almost 10 years may not have been as conclusive as was previously reported... more
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Most of Crescent Beach is private, but that doesn't always stop locals from enjoying the shore.
The known unknowns of Crescent Beach
When Glen Cove’s Mayor Tim Tenke broke the news at the last City Council meeting in August that an Environmental Protection Agency study found no trace of human feces in the contaminated stream … more
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The polluted stream that runs into the Long Island Sound has kept the public segment of Crescent Beach closed for nearly a decade.
Officials mull temporary fix for Crescent Beach contamination
The City of Glen Cove’s and Nassau County’s departments of public works are working together to determine whether filters could temporarily solve the contamination problem at Crescent Beach, … more
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A local architect submitted a site assessment that revealed soil contamination on this Atlantic Avenue used car lot at a May 9 Board of Zoning Appeals hearing, as the owner sought to obtain town permission for his plan to improve the property.
Concerns over soil contamination at Oceanside lot
Concerns about soil contamination at an Atlantic Avenue used car lot were raised at a May 9 Town of Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals hearing, as the lot’s owner sought to receive a special … more
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Daniel Ermmarino took a sample from one of the wells at the Duck Pond well site, which has been recently taken out of commission after a contaminant was discovered in the water. Standard carbon filters don’t work on this particular contaminant, Freon-22. The city will need to install “air stripper filters” before the wells can come back online.
City mulls water conservation measures amid well closures
Glen Cove officials are considering how to deal with a potential water shortage this summer in light of the recent closures of two of the city’s wells due to the presence of a contaminant. With … more
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Crescent Beach has been closed to the public since 2009, after a county study found dangerously elevated levels of bacteria.
Sewage source still a mystery at Glen Cove beach
State and county officials are renewing their effort to solve the mystery of sewage contamination at Crescent Beach in Glen Cove, which has been closed for nine years because no one is precisely sure … more
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is drilling an exploratory well on Seamans Neck Road to study the Grumman plume.
State studying Grumman plume
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is drilling an exploratory well on the Wantagh-Seaford border. The project is part of the state’s ongoing investigation into  … more
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New York state is stepping up efforts to improve drinking water quality and monitoring.
Fresh efforts to monitor drinking water quality
New York state will soon begin implementing changes that will alter the way drinking water is protected and monitored for the better. more
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Long Island care centers probed in contamination 'emergency'
The New York State Department of Health is probing two Rockville Centre long-term care facilities after they may have received tainted shipments of flush syringes, according to officials. They … more
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Claudia Borecky, second from left, president of the North Merrick Civic Association, and David Denenberg, a former Nassau County legislator from Merrick, led a news conference last Thursday to urge the State Department of Environmental Conservation to take over cleanup of an underground chemical plume caused by Grumman and the Navy. They were joined by Dr. Dean Hart, of Brookville, and Audrey Ciuffo and David Stonehill, both of Merrick.
A widening toxic threat
A half-dozen Nassau County environmental and civic activists, most from Merrick, came to Bethpage Community Park on April 21 –– the day before Earth Day –– to call on the state to accelerate efforts to clean up a massive chemical plume that has crept for more than seven decades from Bethpage toward South Oyster Bay. more
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