08.12.2019 Environment County unveils ‘significant’ $4B plan to address nitrogen pollution Suffolk County officials last week unveiled a $4 billion plan they say will serve as a blueprint for transitioning away from traditional cesspools, which have been identified as a...
05.12.2016 Environment Underwater video points to Peconic fish kill on the horizon Hundreds of bunker, their mouths yawning open as they gape for oxygenated water and to clean their gills, were filmed swimming in the Peconic River Wednesday. It’s a sign...
06.01.2015 Environment Hundreds of dead fish now washing up in Southold Town Bunker fish lined the bay shores of Southold Town Sunday morning, days after the latest massive fish kill reports in Riverhead and Southampton towns.
02.25.2015 Environment Advocacy group pushes town to reduce nitrogen pollution Wastewater management advocacy group Defend H2O is urging the Southold Town Board to follow in the footsteps of Brookhaven Town and adopt more stringent sewer discharge regulations. Board members,...
10.22.2014 Environment 19 Suffolk homeowners to receive free denitrification systems It’s no Mega Millions, but 19 Suffolk County homeowners will soon hit the lottery in a county drawing to test new wastewater treatment systems. Suffolk County officials are seeking...
06.28.2014 Environment How nitrogen finds its way into surface water The Nature Conservancy released a report last week on the various ways nitrogen finds its way from the air and land and into surface waters throughout the Peconic Estuary....