Focus Questions
Topic: Environmental Issues
Subtopic 2: Protection of Long Island's Water
1. Where does Long Island get its drinking water?
2. What ensures the quality of Long Island's water?
3. What are some of the pollutants in our water?
4. How safe is our water?
5. What are some of the programs available on Long Island to protect our drinking water?
6. What can we do to protect our underground drinking water sources?
7. What are the characteristics of the Long Island Sound and the South Shore Estuary Reserve,
which includes the Great South Bay?
8. What are the major environmental issues in the Long Island Sound and the South Shore
Estuary Reserve?
9. What are some programs and initiatives to protect the Long Island Sound and the South Shore
Estuary Reserve?
10. What kinds of marine species live in the Long Island Sound and the South Shore Estuary Reserve?
11. What can you do to protect the Long Island Sound and the South Shore Estuary Reserve?
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E-Links for Focus Questions
1. Where does Long Island get its drinking water?
Citizens Campaign for the Environment:
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/special_features/longislandgroundwater.asp
Long Island Pine Barrens Society:
http://www.pinebarrens.org/drinkingwater.asp
Sierra Club: Long Island Group:
http://newyork.sierraclub.org/longisland/water.html
Hydrogeologic Framework of Long Island:
http://geophysics.geo.sunysb.edu/wen/Geo315/LIGr/LIGr.htm
Department of Environmental Conservation:
http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/36183.html
Long Island Water Conference:
http://www.liwc.org/pages/eduSource.htm
Regents Earth:
http://regentsearth.com/Projects/LI%20aquifers%20%28Hofstra%29.pdf
Suffolk County Water Authority:
http://www.scwa.com/education/faq/
2. What ensures the quality of Long Island's water?
Citizens Campaign for the Environment:
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/special_features/longislandgroundwater.asp
Long Island Pine Barrens Society:
http://www.pinebarrens.org/drinkingwater.asp
Sierra Club: Long Island Group:
http://newyork.sierraclub.org/longisland/water.html
Long Island Water Conference:
http://www.liwc.org/pages/eduSafe.htm
American Water:
http://www.amwater.com/nyaw/
Suffolk County Water Authority:
http://www.scwa.com/education/faq/
3. What are some of the pollutants in our water?
Long Island Pine Barrens Society:
http://www.pinebarrens.org/drinkingwater.asp
Sierra Club: Long Island Group:
http://newyork.sierraclub.org/longisland/water.html
Suffolk County Water Authority:
http://www.scwa.com/education/faq/
Long Island Water Conference:
http://www.liwc.org/pages/eduProtect.htm
Long Island Press:
http://www.longislandpress.com/2010/01/26/gasoline-additive-mtbe-threatens-long-island%
E2%80%99s-drinking-water/
Long Island Sound Study:
http://longislandsoundstudy.net/issues-actions/water-quality/
Citizens Campaign for the Environment:
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/campaigns/long-island-sound.asp
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/campaigns/long-island-drinking-water.asp
Long Island Press:
http://www.longislandpress.com/2012/02/23/suffolk-county-septic-systems/
4. How safe is our water?
Suffolk County Water Authority:
http://www.scwa.com/education/faq/
Long Island Water Conference:
http://www.liwc.org/pages/eduProtect.htm
Citizens Campaign for the Environment:
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/special_features/longislandgroundwater.asp
Long Island Water Conference:
http://www.liwc.org/pages/eduSafe.htm
Long Island American Water:
http://www.amwater.com/nyaw/customer-service/water-quality-reports.html
NY CBS Local:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/05/10/study-long-island-drinking-water-quality-getting-progressively-worse/
The Community Alliance Blog:
http://thecommunityalliance.blogspot.com/2009/09/just-how-safe-is-long-islands-drinking.html
5. What are some of the programs available on Long Island to protect our drinking water?
Sierra Club: Long Island Group:
http://newyork.sierraclub.org/longisland/water.html
Long Island Water Conference:
http://www.liwc.org/pages/eduProtect.htm
Citizens Campaign for the Environment:
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/campaigns/long-island-sound.asp
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/PDFs/pharma%204%20pager.pdf
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/news/story.asp?id=593
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/campaigns/pharmaceutical-disposal.asp
Long Island Sound Study:
http://longislandsoundstudy.net/about/committees/
Long Island Sound Foundation:
http://lisfoundation.org/
6. What can we do to protect our underground drinking water sources?
Sierra Club: Long Island Group:
http://newyork.sierraclub.org/longisland/water.html
Long Island Water Conference:
http://www.liwc.org/pages/eduProtect.htm
Long Island Sound Health Study:
http://longislandsoundstudy.net/2010/12/sound-health-2010/
Citizens Campaign for the Environment:
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/campaigns/long-island-drinking-water.asp
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/PDFs/pharma%204%20pager.pdf
Neighborhood Network:
http://www.longislandnn.org/pesticides/LIPUMP.htm
Long Island Pine Barrens Society:
http://www.pinebarrens.org/
7. What are the characteristics of the Long Island Sound and the South Shore Estuary Reserve,
which includes the Great South Bay?
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
http://www.epa.gov/region01/eco/lis/index.html
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute:
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/6/97.06.08.x.html
Significant Habitats and Habitat Complexes of the New York Bight Watershed:
http://training.fws.gov/library/pubs5/web_link/text/gsb_form.htm
Loving Long Island:
http://www.loving-long-island.com/great-south-bay.html
Long Island Sound Health Study:
http://longislandsoundstudy.net/2010/12/sound-health-
Wikipedia Long Island Sound:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_island_sound
Wikipedia Great South Bay:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_south_bay
Wikipedia South Shore Estuary Reserve:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Shore_Estuary
South Shore Estuary Reserve:
http://www.estuary.cog.ny.us/background-pages/twopager.pdf
Costal Resources Online:
http://www.nyswaterfronts.com/initiatives_southshore.asp
Citizens Campaign for the Environment:
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/campaigns/south-shore-estuary.asp
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance:
http://www.waterfrontalliance.org/partners/long-island-south-shore-estuary-reserve-council
Department of State, Office of Communities & Waterfront:
http://www.dos.ny.gov/communitieswaterfronts/LongIslandSSER/index.html
8. What are the major environmental issues in the Long Island Sound
& the South Shore Estuary Reserve?
Long Island Sound Health Study:
http://longislandsoundstudy.net/2010/12/sound-health-
http://longislandsoundstudy.net/issues-actions/overview/
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute:
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1997/6/97.06.08.x.html
Significant Habitats and Habitat Complexes of the New York Bight Watershed:
http://training.fws.gov/library/pubs5/web_link/text/gsb_form.htm
Wikipedia Long Island Sound:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_island_sound
Wikipedia Great South Bay:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_south_bay
The Nature Conservancy:
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newyork/files/li_fall_winter_2008.pdf
Long Island Traditions:
http://www.longislandtraditions.org/southshore/
Citizens Campaign for the Environment:
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/campaigns/south-shore-estuary.asp
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/campaigns/long-island-sound.asp
NYLCV Education Fund:
http://www.nylcvef.org/guide/long_island_sound_protection
Audubon:
http://policy.audubon.org/sites/default/files/documents/Case20Stmnt.206.2.05A.pdf
9. What are some programs and initiatives to protect the Long Island Sound
& the South Shore Estuary Reserve?
Trade Only Today:
http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/home/516085-no-discharge-zone-added-in-long-island-sound
Soundwaters:
http://www.soundwaters.org/horseshoecrab/index.shtml
Cornell Cooperative Extension:
http://ccesuffolk.org/marine-2/
Soundkeepers:
http://www.soundkeeper.org/
New York Times: Protection Effort for Long Island Sound:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E6DA1731F937A35755C0A9609C8B63
Long Island Sound Health Study:
http://longislandsoundstudy.net/2010/12/sound-health-
Nature Conservancy:
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/newyork/index.htm
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/newyork/placesweprotect/long-island-sound.xml
LI Sound Vision:
http://www.lisoundvision.org/
Your Public Media:
http://www.yourpublicmedia.org/content/wnpr/broadwater-withdraws-lng-project
Back to Basics:
http://www.backtobaysics.org/index.php
Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve Comprehensive Management Plan:
http://www.nyswaterfronts.com/Final_Draft_HTML/Main_Page.htm
Department of Environmental Conservation:
http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/31847.html
South Shore Estuary Reserve Council:
http://www.estuary.cog.ny.us
Environmental Defense Fund:
http://www.edf.org/
Citizens Campaign for the Environment:
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/campaigns/long-island-sound.asp
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/campaigns/long-island-sound-protection.asp
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/campaigns/south-shore-estuary.asp
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/campaigns/pharmaceutical-disposal.asp
Audubon:
http://policy.audubon.org/sites/default/files/documents/Case20Stmnt.206.2.05A.pdf
Environment New York:
http://www.environmentnewyork.org/programs/nye/protect-long-island-sound
10. What kinds of marine species live in the Long Island Sound and the South Shore Estuary Reserve?
Wikipedia Long Island Sound:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Sound
Connecticut Sea Grant:
http://seagrant.uconn.edu/whatwedo/ais/listour.php
National Sea Grant Library:
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/conn/connh90001.pdf
Environmental Conservation:
http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/201.html
Long Island Sound Resource Center:
http://www.lisrc.uconn.edu/
Conservation Library:
http://library.fws.gov/pubs5/web_link/text/gsb_form.htm
Long Island Sound Study:
http://longislandsoundstudy.net/category/status-and-trends/living-marine-resources/
11. What can you do to protect the Long Island Sound and the South Shore Estuary Reserve?
Long Island Sound Health Study:
http://longislandsoundstudy.net/2010/12/sound-health-
http://longislandsoundstudy.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Debris12-final.pdf
Significant Habitats and Habitat Complexes of the New York Bight Watershed:
http://training.fws.gov/library/pubs5/web_link/text/gsb_form.htm
Coastal Management Resources:
http://www.nyswaterfronts.com/initiatives_longisland.asp
South Shore Estuary Reserve Council:
http://www.estuary.cog.ny.us
Long Island Traditions:
http://www.longislandtraditions.org/southshore/sights_sounds/pollution/index.html
Environment New York:
http://www.environmentnewyork.org/programs/nye/protect-long-island-sound
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Organizations that work to protect our water
Citizens Campaign for the Environment, the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, Neighborhood Network, Peconic Baykeeper, Friends of the Bay, Sierra Club: Long Island Group, Long Island Water Conference, Long Island Sound Study, The Nature Conservancy, SoundWaters, SeaGrass.LI., South Shore Estuary Reserve Council, Long Island Sound Foundation
Useful Websites to Explore
www.pinebarrens.org
www.citizenscampaign.org
www.longislandsoundstudy.net
www.longislandnn.org
www.scwa.com
www.newyork.sierraclub.org
www.liwc.org
www.peconicbaykeeper.org
www.dec.ny.gov
www.friendsofthebay.org
www.estuary.cog.ny.us
www.environmentnewyork.org
Students will work with environmental experts on proposing solutions to environmental issues on Long Island. Such issues may include the discussion of the preservation of open space, maintaining safe drinking water, preserving wildlife habitat, and establishing supplies of clean energy. During the 2011 Long Island Youth Summit, the Environment 1: Open Space Preservation and Protection of Water workshop was led by Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE), Tara Bono, Program Coordinator for CCE, Dennis Kelleher of firm H2M, and Dr. John Tanacredi, Professor of Earth and Marine Sciences and the Director of the Center for Estuarine, Environmental and Coastal Oceans Monitoring at Dowling College. The Environment 2: Renewable Energy workshop was led by John Keating and Robert Allgor of LIPA/National Grid, and by Maureen Dolan Murphy of Citizens Campaign for the Environment.
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