Water quality

A total of $5.2 million from NOAA will fund research activities to reduce land-based sources of marine debris in rivers and coastal waterways in New York.

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said the federal money will be used by water companies to remove lead and other toxic contaminants, like PFAS chemicals.

Suffolk County will connect 64 Manorville homes to the public water supply after chemicals contaminated private wells.

The grant will be used to add 100 homes to the Patchogue River Watershed Project, which is significantly reducing nitrogen pollution in the Great South Bay.

The ‘forever chemicals’ have already been found in water supplies across Connecticut, and a new federal regulation could establish an enforceable limit.

Seventeen of the Long Island bays, rivers and harbors surveyed have oxygen levels that fall below the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s standard.

The Village of Westhampton Beach unveiled its new sewer connection that will protect water quality and boost local business growth.

Over $10 million in federal grants will fund 41 projects in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to improve the health and environment of the Long Island Sound.

Connecticut and New York have gotten most of their water pollution issues under control due to wastewater management of the Long Island Sound.

Catalytic converter thefts have increased by 200% in Suffolk County this year.