Testing the water: Meet the team who checks NYC’s beaches for sewage
May 22, 2026
Donning waist-high waders, they take ocean samples to determine if waterways are clean enough for swimming.
Donning waist-high waders, they take ocean samples to determine if waterways are clean enough for swimming.
The Brooklyn hearing will take place Tuesday, June 2, at 6 p.m., at Saint Francis College, 179 Livingston St.
The Democrat senator from New York announced the funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that former President Joe Biden signed in 2021.
The plug wouldn’t have to be pulled until early next century, according to a new study. But the soaring saltiness could affect the taste.
It hasn’t been a typical fall for the northeastern United States.Fires have burned in parks and forests around New York City.
For about 50 years, adding cavity-preventing fluoride to drinking water was a popular public health measure in Yorktown, a leafy town north of New York
A section of the Delaware Aqueduct is being drained as part of a $2 billion project to address profuse leaks beneath the Hudson River.
The efforts come as some residents and elected officials sound the alarm about ongoing groundwater flooding in their communities.
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — At 4 a.m. Sunday morning Toba Potosky, president of the board of Cadman Towers at 101 Clark St. in Brooklyn Heights, was awoken by a knock on
EAGLE: Can you talk a bit about the events for City of Water Day? BLOODGOOD: Oh, yes. In the new space we’ve created under the Kosciuszko Bridge, a broadly wheeled
EAGLE: Could you give a brief overview of activities the Billion Oyster Project was running for City of Water Day? WEISS: Yes! We were out in Domino Park showing off
EAGLE: Can you talk a bit about the pollution in the Gowanus Canal? FRANCIS: So there are two types of pollution in the canal, there’s the historic pollution from the
EAGLE: Let’s begin with a simple concept: your floating gardens are good, tell us about them and their environmental benefits. GELMAN-SEVCIK: RETI (Resilience Education Training Innovation) was started after Superstorm
Last Saturday was the 16th annual City of Water Day, a day of activism, appreciation and remediation organized by the Waterfront Alliance and the New York-New Jersey Harbor and Estuary
BROOKLYN — The Waterfront Alliance and the New York-New Jersey Harber & Estuary Program (HEP) proudly announced City of Water Day, a celebration that unites communities, advocates, and policymakers for
Off the coast of Long Island, drones sweep over the ocean, patrolling the water for any danger that might lurk below the surface as beachgoers grow more vigilant because of
Drinking water from nearly half of U.S. faucets likely contains “forever chemicals” that may cause cancer and other health problems, according to a government study released Wednesday. The synthetic compounds
If you’ve ever observed a river rushing down a mountain or played in the waves at the beach, you’ve felt that moving water contains a lot of energy. A river
Coastal urban centers around the world are urgently looking for new, sustainable water sources as their local supplies become less reliable. In the U.S., the issue is especially pressing in
As western regions contend with drier conditions, New York City is under fire for sometimes releasing hundreds of millions of gallons of water a day from a key reservoir in