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The Community Newspaper
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Diamonds are Freeport's best friend
A GEM OF A SHOW: A galaxy of gems galore greeted visitors to last weekend's show and sale at the Freeport Rec. Center.
Leader photos by Paul Laursen
SPLASH meeting hears sewer plan
by Laura Schofer
More than 75 people showed up at the Freeport Recreation Center Tuesday evening, April 7, to learn about Nassau County's 20-year plan to maintain as well as upgrade its sewer infrastructure. County Commissioner of Public Works Ray Ribeiro made a presentation at SPLASH'S (Stop Polluting Littering and Save Harbors) monthly meeting and told the crowd that "we all have the same goal although we don't always agree how to get there," he said.
That goal has been to reduce pollutants in the Western Bay, most notably in Reynolds Channel west of the Long Beach railroad bridge but also in the Baldwin/Freeport area and near Jones Beach in Wantagh.
Environmentalists including SPLASH and the Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE) have been working diligently to have the state study the water quality, notably the level of nitrogen found in the Western Bays.
They have also called for the county to extend the outfall pipe at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Facility in East Rockaway two miles out into the ocean, similar to the
county's other sewage treatment facility. Cedar Creek in Seaford. At this facility the outflow pipe pumps effluent, or treated waste water, south of the barrier' islands to the ocean, where sewage dilutes more quickly than in the bay.
Together the two county facilities process 85 percent of all sewage produced in Nassau County, said Commissioner Ribeiro. Bay Park dumps 55 million gallons of effluent a day into Reynolds Channel and Cedar Creek dumps 55 million gallons of effluent in the ocean. Both are licensed to process up to 72 million gallons a day.
A first peak at the plan
Mr. Ribeiro said the plan was designed to take into account future regulations, potential wastewater flow and condition of plant equipment and performance.
In particular Mr. Ribeiro mentioned that the county is looking at federal and state regulations for the removal of chlorine, dissolved oxygen, enterococci, ammonia and stormwa-ter discharges. "We see upcoming restrictions on amrtionia," said Mr. Ribeiro, who plans to upgrade equipment to meet those needs.
continued on page 15
Library Day in Baldwin
BALDWIN WAS ROCKIN' to the Baldwin43ased G-String Band at Sunday's Library Day. (See page 15 for more.)
Leader photo by Paul Laursen
Guilty verdict in IVIuniz murder page 3
Nunley's carousel lives! pages
Freeporters are town 'Patlifinders'
page 6
LIRR
complaints aired
pages
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| Title | The-Leader_2009-04-23 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
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| Date | 2009 |
| Type | Periodical |
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| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
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