The New London Day3/5/2025Carrie Czerwinski Ledyard— The superintendent of the Ledyard wastewater treatment facility is pushing back after a planned expansion of sewer services in Ledyard has led to community concerns about the safety of Stonington’s drinking water. Steve Banks, the plant superintendent for the Ledyard Highlands Wastewater Treatment Facility on Town Road, said last […]
Save the Sound 2/26/2025 In a virtual press conference Wednesday morning, Save the Sound unveiled a new tool that puts the ability to easily access and share data about the health of Long Island Sound and the rivers that flow to it into the hands of local environmental groups, government agencies, educators, and more. QuickDrops is […]
The New London Day Carrie Czerwinski2/2/2025 Stonington — In less than two years, the Alliance for the Mystic River Watershed has gone from a group of concerned citizens to a nonprofit organization with $547,062 in grant awards. The alliance, whose mission is to protect and support the health of the Mystic River watershed through education, […]
The New London Day 12/14/2024 By Carrie Czerwinski Stonington— With the help of the Eastern Connecticut Conservation District and a new state grant, the town will begin addressing water quality in Wequetequock Cove. The $545,000 grant from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection will pay to install rain gardens and other natural stormwater […]
The New London Day 10/10/2024 By Kimberly DrelichDay Staff Writer [email protected] Groton ― The eastern part of Long Island Sound has received a top grade for water quality, while Mystic Harbor and outer Stonington Harbor ranked among the top five bays in the state, with Wequetequock Cove in Stonington among the worst. These were among the […]
Save the Sound 10/10/2024 Nitrogen Pollution Management Leads to Improvement in Open Water Grades; Water Quality in Many Sound Bays Raises Concern The regional nonprofit environmental organization Save the Sound has released findings of its 2024 Long Island Sound Report Card. The biennial report offers compelling evidence that efforts to reduce the amount of nitrogen released into […]
Save the Sound 10/10/2024 Long Island Sound Report Card Using science to tell stories and inspire change Click here to get your copy of the 2024 LIS Report Card! Download past LIS Report Cards: 2022 – 2020 – 2018 – 2016 The Long Island Sound Report Card tracks and publicizes the ecological health of Long Island Sound. Our biennial report assembles water […]
Long Island Sound Study 8/27/2024 This manual was developed for the Long Island Sound Futures Fund project Improving Water Quality through Green Infrastructure in Quanaduck Cove and Long Island Sound (CT), aimed at implementing Stormwater Management Green Infrastructure Best Management Practices. The goal of the project was to mitigate the impact of stormwater runoff on water […]
Save the Sound 8/19/2024 How’s the water? It’s the question our water quality team is asked more than any other. And as with most simple-sounding questions, there’s no easy answer. There are about 18 trillion gallons of water in Long Island Sound, an estuary spanning 1,220 square miles bounded by 600 miles of Connecticut and […]
The New London Day 4/22/2024 By Daniel DrainvilleDay Staff Writer [email protected] Stonington ― Maggie Favretti, first chair director of the Alliance for the Mystic River Watershed, said Sunday she sees “at most” six or seven river herring when counting them in a narrow area of the Mystic River. March through May is when the fish ― […]
