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Here is a list of the cleanest and dirtiest beaches on the Long Island Sound

Orchard Beach and nearby West Fordham Street Association earned B+ grades, while most New York City Long Island Sound beaches received Ds or Fs due to stormwater runoff and combined sewer overflows.

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I'll Never Do Laundry When It's Raining - and Here's Why

When it's dreary outside, I usually hunker down and do household chores - running the dishwasher, catching up on laundry, maybe even taking a long shower and shaving my legs. These days, though, I take the opposite approach: I never do chores that require water use when it's raining outside. That's because I recently learned that my city, Milwaukee, has a shared sewer system - which means rainwater runoff, domestic sewage, and industrial wastewater collect in the same pipes.

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Here is a list of the cleanest and dirtiest beaches on the Long Island Sound

I'll Never Do Laundry When It's Raining - and Here's Why

#stormwater-runoff
#stormwater-runoff