WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHEN WE ARE
FISHING AND SWIMMING IN SEWAGE
From March through December 2010, the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant periodically released sewage 40 times above the legal limit into Reynolds Channel, and no one notified the public about it. Community groups and concerned citizens demanded that the County fix the problem and, as a result, plant remediation has begun and the plant has been discharging in legal limits since January.
However, if high levels of sewage were to be dumped again, there is no protocol for notifying the public. A group of concerned citizens, environmentalists and civic leaders formed the Sludge Stoppers Task Force to address this problem of sewage spills and lack of public notification.
Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg introduced the
“Nassau County Right to Know of a Sewage Spill Bill”
that would require agencies to report sewage spills and other dischargeviolations to the public.
The “Nassau County Right to Know of a Sewage Spill Bill”
legislation is sitting in committee.
Reynolds Channel lies within the districts of both
Legislators Denise Ford & Howard Kopel.
We, the undersigned, urge Denise Ford, Howard Kopel and all Legislators to sign onto Legislator Denenberg’s
“Nassau County Right to Know of a Sewage Spill Bill”
so WE THE PEOPLE of our communities are notified when we are
Fishing and Swimming in Sewage.
YOUTUBE VIDEO OF ILLEGAL DUMPING.
NEWS 12 CONFIRMING ILLEGAL DUMPING
NEWSDAY CONFIRMING ILLEGAL DUMPING
YOUR SIGNATURE WILL HELP!!!!
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS...
THANK YOU!
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
June 28, 2011
Reached 100 supporters
May 25, 2011
May 23, 2011
We are grinding toward one hundred signatures and the County Legislature is still ignoring the toxic reality of these sewage spills. Denenberg has the bill on the table but Ford and Kopel are letting it gather dust. Hit the link and blast this to your networks right now so we can force these cowards to look at our demands.
7 Comments
My kids swim in these waters every single summer. How are we not already being told about this? Get it together.
This is totally shameful. People deserve to know if the water is toxic before they take their boats out.
UNACCEPTABLE. FIX THIS NOW.
Its gross enough that the water is like that but to keep us in the dark is even worse. Pass the bill already.
Living right on the channel I think we have a right to know what is in the water. This is common sense.
Sewage is deadly
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WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHEN WE ARE
FISHING AND SWIMMING IN SEWAGE
From March through December 2010, the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant periodically released sewage 40 times above the legal limit into Reynolds Channel, and no one notified the public about it. Community groups and concerned citizens demanded that the County fix the problem and, as a result, plant remediation has begun and the plant has been discharging in legal limits since January.
However, if high levels of sewage were to be dumped again, there is no protocol for notifying the public. A group of concerned citizens, environmentalists and civic leaders formed the Sludge Stoppers Task Force to address this problem of sewage spills and lack of public notification.
Nassau County Legislator Dave Denenberg introduced the
“Nassau County Right to Know of a Sewage Spill Bill”
that would require agencies to report sewage spills and other dischargeviolations to the public.
The “Nassau County Right to Know of a Sewage Spill Bill”
legislation is sitting in committee.
Reynolds Channel lies within the districts of both
Legislators Denise Ford & Howard Kopel.
We, the undersigned, urge Denise Ford, Howard Kopel and all Legislators to sign onto Legislator Denenberg’s
“Nassau County Right to Know of a Sewage Spill Bill”
so WE THE PEOPLE of our communities are notified when we are
Fishing and Swimming in Sewage.
YOUTUBE VIDEO OF ILLEGAL DUMPING.
NEWS 12 CONFIRMING ILLEGAL DUMPING
NEWSDAY CONFIRMING ILLEGAL DUMPING
YOUR SIGNATURE WILL HELP!!!!
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS...
THANK YOU!
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
June 28, 2011
Reached 100 supporters
May 25, 2011
May 23, 2011
We are grinding toward one hundred signatures and the County Legislature is still ignoring the toxic reality of these sewage spills. Denenberg has the bill on the table but Ford and Kopel are letting it gather dust. Hit the link and blast this to your networks right now so we can force these cowards to look at our demands.
7 Comments
This is critical to lives of Nassau County and the wetlands that protect the inland shore areas.
My kids swim in these waters every single summer. How are we not already being told about this? Get it together.
This is totally shameful. People deserve to know if the water is toxic before they take their boats out.
UNACCEPTABLE. FIX THIS NOW.
Its gross enough that the water is like that but to keep us in the dark is even worse. Pass the bill already.
Living right on the channel I think we have a right to know what is in the water. This is common sense.
Sewage is deadly
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This is critical to lives of Nassau County and the wetlands that protect the inland shore areas.