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Tag: Water Quality

11.08.2024 Environment

Save the Sound releases 2024 water report card

Save the Sound recently released its Long Island Sound report card. The biennial analysis rates the water of Long Island Sound with grades A through F. This time, the...

07.13.2024 Health & Environment

Cyanobacteria reaches dangerous levels in Mattituck lake

Recent testing by SUNY Stony Brook has confirmed the presence of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, in Lake Marratooka in Mattituck. Health officials are asking that people avoid contact with...

12.14.2022 Government

Town Hall Notes: Water committee to reform, Board hears updates on Bay to Sound project

At a Town Board work session Tuesday, Councilwoman Sarah Nappa confirmed she is in the beginning stages of setting up a water committee for the Town of Southold.  Five...

12.09.2022 Opinion

Editorial: Report card on Sound’s water quality is must-read

All in all, there is good news in Save the Sound’s 2022 Long Island Sound report card, which gives high grades to the eastern basin of the Sound, but...

11.28.2022 Environment

Report: Eastern Long Island Sound healthy despite concerns over rising water temperatures

The Long Island Sound waters off the North Fork remain in good health, according to a recent report. Save the Sound’s 2022 Long Island Sound report card released on...

10.20.2022 Featured Story

Health official answers community questions after water advisory issued for private well owners in Orient

Suffolk County health officials issued a water quality advisory last week for private well owners in Orient, after detecting “forever chemicals” in local water supplies. The county has been...

10.12.2022 Featured Story

Water quality advisory issued for private well owners in Orient

Suffolk County health officials have issued a water quality advisory for private well owners in Orient, after detecting “forever chemicals” in local water supplies. The county plans to sample...

10.07.2022 News

DEC limits shellfish harvest in Southold after rain

Some waters in Southold Town have been declared uncertified for shellfish harvest, after rainfall that may have created conditions that could make the shellfish hazardous for consumption. The state...

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