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Author: mhnsn1

Why We Dredge

Posted on February 17, 2021June 25, 2021 by mhnsn1

The Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonality of the Town of East Hampton have been dredging the mouth of Georgica Pond for many decades. The Trustees are the original government of East Hampton established by King James II through the Dongan Patent

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Posted in eNewsletter Tagged dredge, excavator, trustees

Septic Failures on the Rise

Collapsed septic tank. Photo: Emil Norsic & Sons.

Posted on January 11, 2021June 25, 2021 by mhnsn1

Pandemic is the cause People are taking refuge from the pandemic in their East End homes. More bodies, more laundry, more showers and local septic systems are failing at record numbers. The reasons for this are pretty straightforward. Septic systems are not

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Posted in eNewsletter Tagged septic, septic failure, Septic Incentive

Season’s Greetings!

Posted on December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 by mhnsn1
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Great Things Happening Around the Pond 2020

Posted on December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 by mhnsn1

At least 23 old, polluting septic systems have been replaced in the Georgica Pond watershed by state-of-the-art nitrogen-reducing ones and approximately 13 are in the planning stage. These new septic systems remove almost 80-90% of the nitrogen from wastewater entering the pond. We

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Ancient, Abundant, Ubiquitous & Deadly

Posted on November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 by mhnsn1

Ancient Blue-green algae, more properly referred to as cyanobacteria—they are not algae—are one of the oldest forms of life on earth. Neither plant nor animal, they are true bacteria in their own kingdom. But they are a bacteria that can photosynthesize like

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Posted in eNewsletter Tagged anatoxin, blue-green algae, cyanobacteria, dermatoxins, hepatoxins, lichen, Prochlorococcus

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