Tackling Pollution in Long Island Sound

A new documentary series by the Long Island Sound Coastal Watershed Network

Tackling Pollution in Long Island Sound: Bacteria & Pathogens

Produced by the Long Island Sound Coastal Watershed Network, this new series highlights collaborative projects that are working to reduce pollution entering the coastal waters of Long Island Sound. Join Nikki Spiller (Harbor Watch), Evelyn Powers (Interstate Environmental Commission), and Peter Linderoth (Save the Sound) as they share about their work monitoring sources of bacteria & pathogens to improve the safety and quality of water entering Long Island Sound.

Tackling Pollution in Long Island Sound: Marine Debris

Produced by the Long Island Sound Coastal Watershed Network, this new series highlights collaborative projects that are working to reduce pollution entering the coastal waters of Long Island Sound. Join Scott Curatolo-Wagemann (Cornell Cooperative Extension) and Justin Susarchick (The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk) as they share about the problem of derelict lobster traps in Long Island Sound and how they are working to get them out.

Tackling Pollution in Long Island Sound: Nitrogen

Produced by the Long Island Sound Coastal Watershed Network, this new series highlights collaborative projects that are working to reduce pollution entering the coastal waters of Long Island Sound. Join Jamie Vaudrey (UCONN) and Holly Drinkuth (The Nature Conservancy) to learn about the impacts of lawn fertilizer on coastal waters. Then, head across the Sound to Nassau County, New York to hear from Derek Betts (Nassau County Soil & Water Conservation District) and Bill Bleyer (Author, historian, and resident of Bayville) about the S.E.P.T.I.C. program that is improving removal of nitrogen from wastewater and saving residents money. Finally, ferry back to Bridgeport, CT to tour Black Rock Harbor and the West Side Sewage Treatment Plant, which is planning significant upgrades that will improve storage capacity and reduce the amount of nitrogen that is discharged into Long Island Sound.

Tackling Pollution in Long Island Sound: Nature-based Solutions

Produced by the Long Island Sound Coastal Watershed Network, this new series highlights collaborative projects that are working to reduce pollution entering the coastal waters of Long Island Sound. Join Adrienne Esposito (Citizens Campaign for the Environment), and Rusty Schmidt and Cassandra Castano (Nelson Pope Voorhis) as they install a rain garden with help from the community in the Village of Northport, Long Island. Then, head across the Sound to Groton, CT to hear from Tim Clark (The Nature Conservancy), Cierra Patrick (City of Groton), and Beth Kirmmse (Fuss & O'Neil) about the nature-based solutions being designed to capture polluted stormwater and remediate the city's severe flooding issues.