The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has worked for decades with New York and Connecticut to clean up Long Island Sound.  Too much nitrogen in the water has led to “dead zones” where fish and shellfish can’t survive. Now the federal The EPA says nitrogen pollution from this sewage treatment plant in Vermont is polluting Long
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There will be a special meeting of the Groton Water Pollution Control Authority at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Groton Town Hall Annex – CR3.

The latest effort to clean up one of America’s most polluted waterways is focusing on an unusual target — two dozen mostly Amish farmers. Federal and state environmental officials are working with Lancaster County, Pa., farmers to stop cow manure from draining during rainstorms into a nearby stream. That stream flows into the Chesapeake Bay,
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A Waterbury laundry company agreed Thursday to pay a $1.8 million settle a state lawsuit over violations of pollution laws. Under the terms of the settlement, G&K Services Inc. remains barred from operating certain industrial washers until its meets legal standards and obtains proper permits. via City company pays $1.8 million to settle suit |
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Conditions include steps to protect aquatic life and study of cooling system A Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) hearing officer has recommended that the agency renew the water discharge permit for Millstone Power Station with requirements that the plant operator take steps to better protect aquatic life and conduct an assessment of alternatives to
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Clean water advocates urge U.S. Representatives to protect all waterways in Connecticut WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Streams and wetlands in Connecticut are at risk of unlimited pollution, according to the report “Courting Disaster: How the Supreme Court has broken the Clean Water Act and why Congress must fix it,” re-released today by Environment Connecticut, Rivers
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The Mississippi River Basin empties into the Gulf below New Orleans. It drains the U.S. Heartland and upper Midwest, home to most of the country’s prime agricultural land outside the state of California. Lots of fertilizer is applied every year in this watershed to produce lots of non-organic corn, soybeans, cotton, and rice. Massive amounts
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A Portland, Conn. asphalt company has agreed to pay $68,400 in penalties for failing to comply with federal regulations designed to prevent oil spills from reaching waterways. According to EPA, Triram Connecticut, LLC. illegally discharged approximately 1,000 gallons of oil from its facility to the Connecticut River in January 2009. The oil spill occurred when
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WEST HARTFORD – Environment Connecticut released its 2010 legislative agenda today highlighting key environmental issues before the legislature during the 2010 legislative session that begins this week, including numerous proposals to cut pollution and create green jobs.

Environment and Human Health, Inc. joins Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and the American Lung Association in asking the Connecticut Legislature to ban outdoor wood furnaces throughout the state If the state does not ban outdoor wood-burning furnaces (OWFs), also known as  outdoor wood boilers (OWBs) — will the local health departments be able to
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Store will be First Supermarket in California and Third Whole Foods Market to Generate Bulk of Power with Fuel Cell UTC Power, a United Technologies company, has announced that Whole Foods Market has chosen clean, reliable on-site fuel cell power to power a new store in San Jose, Calif. This marks the third Whole Foods
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SOUTHINGTON – Hundreds of gallons of raw sewage has spilled into the Quinnipiac River over the past three years from a manhole cover near Mill Street. The spills, which occurred between 2007 and 2009, were not reported to the state Department of Environmental Protection – as required by state law – until this week. A
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Storm water runoff often leads to polluted water because heavy rain will sweep along any chemicals, oil or sewage into brooks, streams, rivers and, in the case of Port Chester, into Long Island Sound. via SOS: Cleaning up the Byram River should be a priority – GreenwichTime.

CLINTON — Making a push to finalize a list of potential sites for underground treatment of wastewater, engineers and the Water Pollution Control Commission are planning a public hearing this spring to discuss the latest developments in the project. via Clinton to hold hearing on wastewater project? – The Middletown Press.

STAMFORD — Scofieldtown neighbors say they have found 28 more rusted chemical drums in Scofieldtown Park just weeks after the city removed a 55-gallon barrel and 200-gallon oil tank from the property without testing them for hazardous chemicals. via Scofieldtown neighbors say drums, worries still persist in park – StamfordAdvocate. Where’s the contamination in Scofieldtown
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CLINTON — Making a push to finalize a list of potential sites for underground treatment of wastewater, engineers and the Water Pollution Control Commission are planning a public hearing this spring to discuss the latest developments in the project. via Clinton to hold hearing on wastewater project – The New Haven Register.

The League of Women Voters of the Bridgeport Area will study the area water pollution control authorities and the effect sewers and waste water management have on taxes, municipal growth and public health. The first meeting will be held Saturday, Jan. 16, at noon at the Stratford Library, 2203 Main St. via League of Women
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STAMFORD — The Water Pollution Control Authority board will end its design contract with the consulting firm which provided research for the proposed multi-million dollar waste-to-energy project. Board members voted Jan. 6 to halt the contract with consultant CH2MHill after a meeting last month with the company that showed the percent of payment and the
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SOUTHINGTON – Federal and state agencies are taking steps to stop contaminated groundwater from reaching homes on Rejean Road after testing suggested that landfill gases may be moving outside the boundaries of the old landfill on Old Turnpike Road. The landfill is a federal Superfund site. via EPA details efforts to contain pollution at old
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While it’s still early in the process, initial estimates provided by a consultant indicate that the cost to upgrade the Town of Cheshire’s wastewater treatment plant top out at over $35 million. Don Chelton of AECOM, the Town’s long time Water Pollution Control Department consultant, told the WPCA last month that to fully upgrade the
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