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...
04.07.2016 Government Riverhead sewer plant upgrade completion pushed back Riverhead Town’s $24 million sewage treatment plant upgrade, for which work began in April 2014, is now expected to be completed by Aug. 31 — four months later than...
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.
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...
10.10.2014 Government Riverhead Town floating septic upgrade regulation Riverhead Town could be among the first municipalities in Suffolk County to take a proactive step in dealing with nitrogen pollution from wastewater, which is wreaking havoc on Peconic...
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....
