Tag: water quality
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As more beds open along eastern shoreline, shellfish industry better poised to grow
As more beds open along eastern shoreline, shellfish industry better poised to grow By Mary Biekert Day staff writer Published February 22. 2020 8:27PM | Updated February 25. 2020 10:04AM Local shellfishermen and experts say the opening and upgrading of several shellfish beds along the eastern shoreline is cause for celebration, with the industry now in a better…
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New Septic Systems Show Positive Impact On Long Island Water Quality
New Septic Systems Show Positive Impact On Long Island Water Quality By DALVIN ABOAGYE • NOV 12, 2019 WSHU Public Radio Suffolk County says new septic systems are working to filter out nitrogen in the local water supply. The East Hampton Star reports that the combined use of these low-nitrogen septic systems has drastically cut down the levels…
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Public-Private Partnership Seeds 100,000 Oysters in Niantic River
Public-Private Partnership Seeds 100,000 Oysters in Niantic River CT Examiner Published on November 27, 2019 in East Lyme/Environment by Christopher McDermott EAST LYME — Shellfish experts deposited about 100,000 juvenile oysters into the Niantic River on Saturday, as part of a $10,000 public-private partnership plan by the Waterford-East Lyme Shellfish Commission to bolster the river’s oyster population in an effort to…
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Revival of Waterford solar plan reason for concern
Save the River-Save the Hills would like to inform the public about an ongoing threat to the water quality of the Niantic River and two of its major tributaries (Oil Mill Brook and Stony Brook) in Waterford. The developer of a proposed solar array installation, which was “denied without prejudice” by the Connecticut Siting Council…
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Ripple effect: Cornell helps restore Long Island’s shellfish
Ed Warner pushes his boat off a sliver of Long Island waterfront that’s been in his family since the 1800s. He is the fifth generation of Warner baymen – the locals’ term for fisherman – to head out to eastern Shinnecock Bay in search of Mercenaria mercenaria, the hard clam. “Clamming and fishing, they’re in your…
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Sept. 11, 2017
Tree filters planned to treat stormwater in downtown Niantic East Lyme — Plans are underway to install tree filters this fall in the Grand Street area of town, with the goal of improving the environmental quality of the Niantic River and its watershed. Read this article by Kimberly Drelich at The Day here.