Press Conference! Join Save the Sound & the West River Watershed Coalition!

Save the Sound, on behalf of the West River Watershed Coalition, cordially invites you to celebrate the official release of the West River Watershed Plan. To mark the occasion, Save the Sound will be hosting a press conference along the West River in New Haven’s Edgewood Park at 5:15pm on Wednesday, October 21^st.

Show your support for the West River Watershed and commitment to the goals of the West River Watershed Plan!

Arrive for the 5:15pm press conference and stay for Green Drinks at 6pm at Manjares in Westville, where members of the Watershed Coalition will share the major findings and recommendations of the West River Watershed Plan as well as progress we’ve already made to restore and protect the West River and its tributaries.

What: Celebration and Official Release of the West River Watershed Plan

When: 5:15pm, Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Where: Edgewood Park, Entrance at 355 W Rock Ave near the corner of Whalley Ave and W Rock Ave in Westville, New Haven

Who: Save the Sound, the West River Watershed Coalition and YOU!

A Gorgeous Day for a Rain Garden!

On Saturday, September 26th, NHS staff member, Kathy Fay, took part in a rain garden event on Edgewood Avenue, sponsored by Save the Sound. It was a truly fantastic event with many volunteers from the neighborhood helping out. 

Thanks to all of their incredibly hard work, there are now two new bioswales (large rain gardens) on either side of the Edgewood Mall on Ella T. Grasso Blvd, filled with hundreds of plants. 

In case you're wondering why this is important...

When it rains in New Haven, the rain water flows over the streets, sidewalks, and other impervious surfaces, picking up harmful pollutants and causing localized flooding. 

During some storms, this polluted runoff (called stormwater) inundates our storm and sewer pipes, causing raw sewage and polluted stormwater to overflow into the rivers.

The purpose of installing rain gardens is to capture the rainfall and allow it to soak into the ground. This will help to prevent flooding and water pollution, and allow clean water to reach our rivers. 

You can learn more about rain gardens here: 

http://nemo.uconn.edu/raingardens/

One great surprise during the event? Our NHS Board President, Virginia Stevenson, just happened to be driving by and decided to join the volunteers and help out the project.  

Left to Right: Kendall Barbery (Save the Sound), Kathy Fay (NHS Staff), Virginia Stevenson (NHS Board President) 

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