Join us for a public forum to get critical updates and some good news on:
Restoring Western Bays water quality
Status of Bay Park Conveyance Project (ocean outfall)
Long Beach Sewer Treatment Plant Consolidation
Join Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Operation SPLASH and The Nature Conservancy at the next Operation SPLASH meeting for new updates on restoring our Western Bays. After 15 years of advocacy, we have good news!
The forum will review the scientific need for diverting sewage from the Western Bays, provide updates on the connection of the South Shore Water Reclamation Facility (Bay Park Sewage Plant) and Long Beach Sewage Treatment Plant to an existing ocean outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Sewage Treatment Plant, and provide an overview of upgrades that already made to South Shore Water Reclamation Facility. There will be a panel discussion at the end to answer your important questions!
When:
Tuesday, April 2, @ 7:30pm
Where:
Operation SPLASH Building
202 Woodcleft Ave
Freeport, NY 11520
Speakers:
Representatives from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Nassau County, and Veolia
Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Carl Lobue, The Nature Conservancy
Rob Weltner, Operation SPLASH
Background
The Western Bays are dying. The science has been very clear— treated sewage effluent entering into Reynolds Channel is choking our bays. For over a decade, we advocated for significant upgrades to the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant and to divert the treated sewage to the ocean instead of the bay. New York State and Nassau County are advancing a monumental project, which is close to completion, known as The Bay Park Conveyance Project that uses an aqueduct under Sunrise Highway to connect the SSWRF and Long Beach Sewage Treatment Plant to an existing outfall pipe at the Cedar Creek Sewage Treatment Plant. This plan saves money and time—a win for the Western Bays and the public.
Thank you for joining us!
Sincerely,
All of us at CCE