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Category: eNewsletter

Dredging Town Pond

Posted on March 19, 2021June 1, 2021 by mhnsn1

Following up on our last e-Newsletter about dredging at Georgica Pond, you may have noticed that dredging has also begun at Town Pond in the heart of East Hampton Village. High praise is due the Village of East Hampton for forging on

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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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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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