12/03/2021
Great work by Coalition to Save Hempstead Harbor. Thank you!
--Water Monitoring Exposes Sewer Line Break--
During this past monitoring season, we noticed unusually high levels of bacteria in Glen Cove Creek. By the end of October, bacteria levels were at their highest. CSHH continued testing beyond our regular season and added new stations in Mill Pond and Cedar Swamp Creek in order to narrow the location of the pollution source. We alerted our valued partners within the Glen Cove Dept of Public Works, Nassau County Dept of Health and Public Works, and Hempstead Harbor Protection Committee.
The extra testing helped determine "hot" spots, within Mill Pond, and, alternatively, where levels were low, i.e., further upstream in Cedar Swamp Creek, which feeds into Mill Pond.
This past Monday (November 29) it was confirmed that a 12-foot sewer line break on Bridge Street had been pouring untreated sewage directly into the portion of the stream that runs under Bridge Street and feeds into Mill Pond. A bypass was installed on Monday, and by yesterday afternoon, the break had been fully repaired. CSHH was again testing this past Wednesday in Glen Cove Creek and found that bacteria levels had already dropped significantly following the bypass work started on Monday.
CSHH sounded the alarms, and our partners recognize that our continued monitoring of Hempstead Harbor is critical to the health of the harbor.
This is why our work is needed and why we need your support.
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