Is Suffolk’s Proposal to Charge Water Consumers to Help Pay for Septic Upgrades All Wet?
The following was exclusively published by The Foggiest Idea on March 1st, 2021. Interested in...
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Tag: Water Protection
Public Comment: Long Island Commission for Aquifer Protection’s State of the Aquifer Report, October 13, 2016
The following was submitted to the Long Island Commission for Aquifer Protection on October 13, 2016. My name is Richard Murdocco. I am the founder and publisher of The Foggiest Idea, and am land use columnist who writes...
Read MoreIs Bellone’s Bid for a Drinking Water Tax a Ploy to Promote Development?
The following was written for the Long Island Press, and published on May 9, 2016. You can read the original here. From the crowded podium at an outdoor press conference in Yaphank last month, backed by a supportive chorus of...
Read MoreCuomo’s Plan to Study Long Island’s Water Woes a Baby Step in Right Direction
The following was written for the Long Island Press on 2/29/16. You can read the original here. From the tap, a glass of Long Island’s water is crisp, cool and refreshing—descriptions that any soft drink or craft-beer company...
Read MoreSuffolk Plan Won’t Save the Aquifers by Using Sewers to Promote Development
The following was written for the Long Island Press. The original can be read here. The sole source of every Long Islander’s drinking water is being threatened by over-development, pesticides and rising sea levels. But are the...
Read MoreTackling the Region’s Water Issues
The following was written on the day of the third and final public hearing of the Long Island Water Quality Task Force, held at Suffolk Community College’s Brentwood Campus. Today is the third and final public meeting of...
Read MoreAn Open Letter to Governor Cuomo & The Long Island Water Quality Task Force
The following is an open letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo, and the Long Island Water Quality Task Force. The letter will be submitted as a public comment at the third, and final public hearing on the region’s water quality...
Read MoreThe Foggiest Five: Dr. Chris Gobler, Professor within the SoMAS, Stony Brook University
The following are answers to The Foggiest Five, a set of questions asked to influential Long Islanders on the future of the region. This round features answers from Dr. Chris Gobler, who is a professor within SUNY Stony...
Read MoreCommon Sense
When it comes to policymaking on Long Island, it’s time for some common sense. We say that our taxes are too high, that our roads are too congested and yet we let invested groups shape the very policies that drive all of these...
Read MoreLong Island is All Clammed Up
It is important to remember that many of the land use issues discussed each week have real impacts to the lives of Long Islanders, and failure to heed economic and environmental warning signs can lead to real consequences. If we...
Read MoreWater Worries? Not With Sound Planning
The following was written for LIBN’s Young Island: There has been much talk in the press and social media about in recent weeks about “What’s In the Water”, protecting our sole-source aquifer system and Superfund sites....
Read MoreNewsday Letter: Stewardship of LI water quality
The following was published on page A37 of Newsday on September 16th, 2013. Recognition should be given to the environmental community for its effort to bring awareness to Nassau and Suffolk counties’ declining water...
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