Did you miss our annual conference? Check out the highlights!
Last October, the Long Island Clean Water Partnership held its seventh annual “Water We Going To Do?” Conference. The conference informed Long Islanders about the progress made toward improving drinking and surface water quality, across Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Experts provided an update on the water quality improvement campaign's progress to date, highlighted success stories in other areas, discussed clean water projects currently happening on Long Island, and set the stage for what needs to happen in the next year. Speakers included government officials, scientists, business leaders and environmentalists.
More than 200 Long Islanders filled the room to hear the latest on the effort to restore the Island’s water quality. Did you miss it? No worries! You can catch highlights of the conference, which were featured on the Long Island Pine Barrens Society’s television program.
In part one of the coverage, you will hear from:
Ryan Wallace, from the Gobler Lab at Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, with an overview of Long Island’s water quality impairments
Ty Fuller of the Suffolk County Water Authority, on emerging contaminants appearing in Long Island’s waters, their associated treatment methods and their costs
Chris Schubert of the United States Geological Survey, on Long Island groundwater sustainability
Mary Anne Taylor of CDM Smith and consultant for Suffolk County, with an update on Suffolk County’s subwatershed mapping
Suffolk County Officials Peter Scully and Justin Jobin, on the status of the County’s septic replacement program
In part two of the coverage, you will hear from:
Keynote speaker, Dr. Christopher Patrick from Texas A&M University, on the successes of the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Program and how they can be applied to Long Island
Researchers from Stony Brook’s Center for Clean Water Technology, Molly Graffam & Samantha Roberts, with an update on new nitrogen-removing technology that is being researched at the institute
James Tierney of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and John Cameron of the Long Island Regional Planning Council, on the status of the Long Island Nitrogen Action Plan
Brian Schneider on Nassau County’s water initiatives
Mary Wilson from Southampton Town, on the success of the town’s Community Preservation Fund water improvement program