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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, far right, and HUD Development Secretary Julian Castro received a tour of the plant from employees
Bay Park Plant to get $97 million advance for nitrogen issue
New York State has issued the Bay Park Sewage Plant a $97 million advance on the $830 million in federal funds currently allocated to help upgrade and repair the outdated plant after it was destroyed … more
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The large generators at the Bay Park Sewage Plant have been running for 24 hours a day since Hurricane Sandy two years ago
Dirt, debris and 'diaper bucket' smells near Bay Park plant
Even with the promise of upgrades and repairs, residents are still dealing with unpleasant smells and loud noises emanating from the Bay Park Sewage Plant. “The ongoing nature of it all can get … more
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Construction workers installed new underground conduits as part of the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant's new electrical system
Will Bay Park sewage smell stop soon?
Construction continues inside and outside the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant, as upgrades that began in July continue to be put in place. Much of the work being done at the plant, which was … more
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The Bay Park sewage plant in East Rockaway is one of three wastewater treatment facilities that will be maintained and operated by United Water.
Nassau County Legislature OKs sewer privatization
The Nassau County Legislature’s seven-member, bipartisan rules committee unanimously passed a plan on July 18 to implement a long-term contract for the control of the county’s wastewater system. Promising to save taxpayers roughly $240 million over the next 20 years ... more
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Addiction counselor Karen Palmiero spoke at a Phoenix House-hosted opiate seminar at the Merrick Library on June 18.
Battling Nassau’s heroin crisis
“If I could have turned the switch to just end my life, I would have done it, guaranteed,” said Casey C., a former heroin addict, at a Phoenix House-sponsored addiction seminar at the … more
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The Western Bays provide many recreational opportunities such as kayaking, but scientists say that fertilizer runoff and partially treated sewage effluent threaten the health of the bays. Above, a wetland canal at Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick.
The Western Bays, an ecosystem suffering from all sides
Superstorm Sandy will be remembered as one of Nassau County’s most demoralizing calamities: the miles of rubble that choked the expanses where houses had stood in dignified symmetry, the thousands of Long Islanders living in limbo, forced to use their savings to stay afloat. People weren’t the only ones affected by the storm, though. Sandy devastated wildlife throughout Nassau’s Western Bays, which scientists had already considered to be fragile ecosystems –– many on the brink of collapse –– long before the storm. more
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We'll say it again — fund the Bay Park pipe
The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently rejected the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s request to fund a $690 million outflow pipe that would stretch from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant three miles into the Atlantic Ocean. more
County officials announced a bipartisan deal to re-establish the Clean and Seed program in front of an East Rockaway property, at right, that is vacant as a result of Superstorm Sandy.
Bipartisan support leads to Sandy program renewal
As many South Shore residents continue to pick up the pieces 19 months after Superstorm Sandy, county officials announced a bipartisan agreement to approve $14.4 million in borrowing to re-establish its Clean and Seed program. more
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We need an outflow pipe to the ocean
Residents and environmentalists have long urged county and state officials to be more aggressive in their efforts to upgrade Nassau County’s aging sewage treatment plants. more
Cuomo is focused on the right issue: tax relief
Friends, the state of our county is good. Our unemployment rate is at 5.1 percent, the lowest in the state. Thanks to the combined efforts of the governor, our county executive and local officials . . . more
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