After several years of investigations into the cause of high bacteria levels at a local beach, the Nassau County (New York) Legislature is considering a treatment system for its drainage system.
The latest investigation ended this summer after the state looked at the onsite systems of eight homes as possible causes of the pollution. But after studying the systems for several months, the state concludes they are not sending wastewater into a stream that flows into Long Island Sound at Glen Cove.The state Department of Environmental Conservation has not ruled out onsite systems that are elsewhere or leaking wastewater into the
