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Nitrogen concentration data were collected from 20 wells near the Niantic River Estuary, during 18 sampling periods from 2005 through 2011, as part of a study to determine changes in nitrogen concentrations and loads as a result of sewering on the Pine Grove peninsula in Niantic, Connecticut. Click here to read more or download this…

Green Infrastructure Opportunities that Arise During Municipal Operations provides approaches that small to midsize communities can use to incorporate green infrastructure components into work they are doing in public spaces. The document presents examples and case studies of how integrating green infrastructure methods can enhance retrofits and maintenance projects and provide other multiple community benefits.…

A storm rages over CT’s stormwater By: Jan Ellen Spiegel | February 25, 2015 A battle over stormwater has raged in Connecticut for months. Managing the water that flows into the thousands upon thousands of storm drains around the state — an otherwise standard municipal function — has become something close to a standoff between the Department…

Malloy sponsors ‘Blue Plan’ legislation to protect the future use of Long Island Sound Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Monday proposed a plan to compile an inventory of the natural and human resources of Long Island Sound, and use that information to guide decisions on uses of the estuary’s waters and submerged lands.  Read this…

EPA’s National Estuary Program releases two documents to assist municipalities in paying and planning for green infrastructure. Coastal Stormwater Management through Green Infrastructure: A Handbook for Municipalities is designed to assist coastal municipalities within the Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay areas to incorporate green infrastructure into their stormwater management planning. The Handbook can also…

U.S. EPA recently approved DEEP’s Connecticut NPS Management Program Plan which is required as part of the Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution Management Program. Common NPS pollutants include: pathogens, nutrients, sediment, salt, hydrocarbons, heavy metals, pesticides and debris. These are typically carried by stormwater runoff into nearby streams, lakes, and estuaries from diffuse land use activities.…

Living shoreline considered among Seaside State Park proposals. See article by Tess Townsend in The Day.

Parked on Colony Road near a bridge over Latimer Brook…

Summer and boating may go hand in hand in this region, but pristine waters aren’t something we can take for granted.

Liz White describes the landscaping surrounding her year-old waterfront home on Masons Island Road as “a work in progress…”