Long Island coalition lobbies state officials in push for funding
Palumbo hosts roundtable meeting in Riverhead to discuss environmental issues
Voters to Decide on Clean Water Referendum in November
HAUPPAUGE, NY— Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine and Presiding Officer Kevin McCaffrey were joined today by environmental and labor leaders at a press conference announcing an historic deal that will transform water protection in Suffolk County and pave the way for clean water for future generations.
Suffolk County legislators advocate to pass clean water bill
NY advocates, lawmakers call for more clean water infrastructure funding
NYS: 'Transformative,' $479 million investment for 156 local water infrastructure projects in every region
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced $479 million in grants for critical water infrastructure projects, including the first funding awarded through the $4.2 billion Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act of 2022, which was passed by voters after Hochul pushed to increase the total amount by $1 billion upon taking office.
New Grants Advance TNC's Mission in Connecticut
Governor unveils new clean water program in Suffolk County, targets septics
Long Island To Receive State Funds For Clean Water
Governor Hochul Announces Transformative $479 Million Investment for 156 Local Water Infrastructure Projects in Every Region of New York
SBU News: Season of discontent In Long Island’s coastal waters
New 2023 Map Shows Record Number of Harmful Algal Blooms and Dead Zones Across Long Island
Scientists at Stony Brook University have completed their assessment of water quality in Long Island’s surface waters for 2023 and the news was not good –the announcement was made today at a press conference on the shores of Great South Bay. During the months of April through September, every major bay and estuary across Long Island was afflicted by harmful algal blooms (HABs), oxygen-starved, dead zones, and fish and turtles kills. Excessive delivery of nitrogen from onsite wastewater has been cited as the root cause of these disturbing events.
Great South Bay’s new harmful algal blooms are in unsewered communities, study finds
Wastewater infrastructure casts shadow over Suffolk County elections
Suffolk sales tax hike to build sewers could be on December ballot
Suffolk sales tax hike for sewers could need another trip through Albany
Republican legislators fail to approve Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act for public vote
Long Island water quality has hit a low point, environmentalist says
“You could see the bottom of the water,” Montefusco recalled Thursday as he stood on the dock with several friends including Marty Lange, 86.
“Now, you can take a bright yellow, a chartreuse piece of line, drop it 2 inches into the water and you can’t see the line anymore,” Lange said.
Just a few feet away, Christopher Gobler, a professor at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, stood with local environmentalists and unveiled troubling data that showed water quality hitting an “all-time low” on Long Island since he started monitoring it about a decade ago.
Water quality is at an ‘all time low’
Last chance for Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act to get on November ballot
The Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act was designed to establish a countywide sewer district and water quality fund, and extend an existing fund intended to improve resident drinking water. If approved by the county legislature, it will be subject to a mandatory referendum in the November election, but there’s only one more chance to garner majority support before the July 25 general meeting.
