Save the Sound

Save the Sound works to protect and preserve Long Island Sound through state and federal legislation, legal advocacy, volunteer work and habitat restoration projects.
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Tom Andersen

New York Program & Communications

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Leah Schmalz

Director of Legislative

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March 16, 2014

Dear Friends,

We hope you saw our letter to the editor ("Contaminated Beaches") in yesterday's Times. We strongly agreed with a Times editorial that argued that the state's Environmental Protection Fund is not nearly big enough to meet New York's environmental needs. As an example, we pointed out that sewers throughout Westchester's Sound shore need repairs that could cost tens of millions of dollars, and that fixing the sewers could help re-open local beaches.

We are getting ready for spring and summer. Building on our successful water quality monitoring from last summer, we will be testing more rivers and streams, so let us know if you'd like to join our volunteer pollution patrol.

We'll also be expanding our Sound Swim Alerts to include Nassau County, so if you or your friends and family haven't signed up, reply to this email and we will include you.

All of these efforts lead back to the point of the Times editorial: those of us who care about the western Sound must focus on improving sewers and other wastewater infrastructure if we want safe and healthy waters.

We are also preparing more blog posts on lawn care, beach contamination, the public's right to know about sewage spills, and sewage treatment plants in the western Sound, so check back often.

Thanks, and enjoy your Sunday!

Tom Andersen