Environmental officials have announced new efforts to reduce sewage and storm water dumped into Long Island Sound and to improve habitats in the waterway shared by Connecticut and New York.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New York Department of Environmental Conservation and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection announced the plan in Greenwich on Tuesday. It calls for coordinated actions in the next two years.
Officials want continued progress in reducing nitrogen pollution and sewer and sanitary sewer overflows. They also promise new programs using shellfish and seaweed to reduce nitrogen pollution.
They set new targets to restore 200 acres of coastal habitat and reopen 80 miles of migratory areas to fish.
New York and federal environmental officials announced separately a ban beginning Thursday against boaters discharging sewage into Long Island Sound.
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