The Day did a beautiful special section all about Long Island Sound July 1, 2007. Below are some links to some of the information in that section.
Clean Water Fund Vital To Protecting The Long-Term Health Of The Sound
By Leah Schmalz
Published on 7/1/2007
As the citizens of Connecticut take to Long Island Sound, its beaches and its tributaries looking for that elusive summertime fun, it might shock them to learn that the water isn't as clean as is should or could be.
The federal government and the state of Connecticut promised the state's citizens clean and healthy water 30 years ago, yet much work remains. That early commitment calls for stopping the 2 billion gallons of raw sewage that enters our waterways each year by separating combined sewer overflows and restoring the “Dead Zone” in Long Island Sound by removing about 60 percent of the nitrogen discharges from the sewage treatment plants in the state.
While the regular legislative session adjourned in early June, it did so without passing a budget or bond package, leaving key components like the Clean Water Fund stuck in limbo.
Despite years of great progress, the Clean Water Fund — the primary mechanism for funding those wastewater treatment and sewer projects in Connecticut — began to fall apart when the legislature decided to shift that money to other non-water related purposes in 2002 ... (more).
