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
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
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
November 1 is rapidly approaching and with it the deadline to stop using fertilizer in Suffolk County. According to the Long Island Nitrogen Action Plan cooler temperatures slow plant growth and the bacterial activity in the soil so that soluble nutrients can