A recent mild day inspired one neighbor to walk along Georgica Cove and pick up trash. Two bags were filled in short order. Contents: balloons, broken glass bottles, plastic pieces, straws, plastic bags, water bottles, shotgun shells, caps and lids. An organized pond clean
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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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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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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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