Water Quality

Continued monitoring of Mystic River urged in efforts to confront water quality

By Judy BensonThe New London Day 9/12/2013 Stonington – With the increasing presence of invasive species such as Japanese shrimp and sea squirts and signs of declining water quality, continued monitoring of conditions in the Mystic River has perhaps never been more important. That was one of the messages conveyed by speakers at the annual meeting of […]

Continued Monitoring Of Mystic River

By Judy Benson The Day • 9/12/2013 Stonington – With the increasing presence of invasive species such as Japanese shrimp and sea squirts and signs of declining water quality, continued monitoring of conditions in the Mystic River has perhaps never been more important. That was one of the messages conveyed by speakers at the annual […]

Vigilant volunteers keep watch on health of local waters

By Judy BensonThe New London Day 8/13/2012 Stonington – As thick fog hung over Wequetequock Cove Thursday morning, Richard Chamberlain and his 17-year-old daughter, Katherine, reached over the side of their Boston Whaler idling in the shallow gray water to fill and quickly cap several small bottles, then place them in a cooler. The process has been […]

Time to bomb the stinking algae off Stonington

The New London Day • 6/11/2012 Judging from the online comments posted about the nauseating stench emanating from rotting algae off tony Stonington Borough, less-privileged readers seem somewhat unsympathetic about the plight of waterfront property owners who have been forced to retreat to their rear parlors in hopes that canapés washed down by Veuve Clicquot […]

Group begins cleanup of Mystic, Pawcatuck rivers

By Joe WojtasThe New London Day • 6/9/2012 Mystic – The Mystic and Pawcatuck rivers and the shoreline from Noank to Westerly should get cleaner this summer. On Thursday morning, Clean the Bay, a Rhode Island nonprofit organization that works to remove large debris from waterways and shoreline areas, announced at Mystic River Park that it has […]

Odor raises a stink in Stonington

By Joe WojtasThe New London Day • 6/7/2012 Stonington – The stink has returned. Diving Street resident Geoffrey Little said that for the past several weeks he and his borough neighbors have suffered from irritated throats and eyes and have been awakened by severe headaches, which they attribute to the hydrogen sulfide smell emanating from nearby rotting […]

Grant to go to cleanup of rivers

The New London Day • 6/6/2012 Mystic – Clean the Bay, a Rhode Island nonprofit organization that works to remove large debris from waterways and shoreline areas, announced Monday that it will use a $69,700 federal grant to work with Save the Bay to begin removing debris from the Mystic and Pawcatuck rivers. The grant, which […]

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