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Title: Water resources and pollution problems in Long Island Sound. Joint Hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure and the Subcommittee on Environmental Protection of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, October 26, 1987

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OSTI ID:5719606

Government officials and representatives from environmental groups were amount those testifying at a hearing on problems associated with the pollution of water resources in Long Island Sound. The area of most concern is that of Mamoroneck and the beaches. The witnesses revealed that one of the most significant sources of pollution is stormwater runoff and stormwater related sewage overflows. If is this contamination that forces closure of local beaches. It is also this pollution that worries local fisherman.

OSTI ID:
5719606
Resource Relation:
Related Information: S. Hrg. 100-435
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English