Join Us for a Virtual Public Forum: Save the Western Bays

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Join us to get critical updates on restoring Western Bays water quality, the Bay Park Conveyance Project, and Long Beach STP Consolidation

Join Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Operation SPLASH and The Nature Conservancy for a virtual forum on restoring our Western Bays.  The forum will review the scientific need for diverting sewage from the Western Bays, provide updates on the connection of the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility (Bay Park Sewage Plant) and Long Beach Sewage Treatment Plant to an existing ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Sewage Treatment Plant, and provide an overview of upgrades that already made to South Shore WRF.  There will be a panel discussion at the end to answer your important questions!

When:   Thursday, April 8, 2021, 12:00pm -1:00pm

Speakers: Senator Todd Kaminsky

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)

Nassau County 

Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the Environment

Carl Lobue, The Nature Conservancy 

Panel Discussion: NYS DEC, Nassau County, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Operation Splash, The Nature Conservancy and SUEZ

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Background

The Western Bays are dying.  The science has been very clear— treated sewage effluent  entering into Reynolds Channel is choking our bays.  For over a decade, we advocated for significant upgrades to the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant and to divert the treated sewage to the ocean instead of the bay. New York State and Nassau County are advancing a monumental project known as The Bay Park Conveyance Project that will use an aqueduct under Sunrise Highway to connect the SSWRF and Long Beach Sewage Treatment Plant to an existing outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Sewage Treatment Plant. This plan saves money and time—a win for the Western Bays and the public. 

Thank you for joining us!

Sincerely,
Your Friends at CCE