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Long Island Water Long Island Water is an outreach program designed to inform consumers about the threats facing Long Island's ground and surface waters, and possible solutions.

Long Island has a water problem. Contamination from sewage, pesticides, and other pollutants, as well as the over-pumping of water supplies, threaten Long Island's ground and surface waters. Fortunately, individuals and organizations across Long Island are working hard to conserve and protect our water and our quality of life for future generations. The goal of Jump In! is to inform consumers about Long Island's water and to raise awareness regarding the current issues facing this precious resource. To achieve our goal, we are partnering with businesses, civic organizations, local governments, and water districts that share our passion and want to ensure the quality of our water. We also provide educational materials via our website, and we will soon be producing live-streaming "talks" geared towards enhancing the general public's understanding of water quality and quantity. The Jump In! campaign and LIWater.org were developed by Grassroots Environmental Education under a grant from the Long Island Community Foundation.

" pollution is an increasing threat to , and worldwide. Excess nitrate from wastewater discharges, agricultural ac...
10/16/2026

" pollution is an increasing threat to , and worldwide. Excess nitrate from wastewater discharges, agricultural activities and other human sources can degrade water quality, fuel harmful and damage freshwater and coastal ecosystems. Yet identifying the origin of nitrate contamination is often difficult because nitrogen undergoes complex biological and chemical transformations as it moves through the environment." Full story at International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

On Long Island, we already know where the majority of nitrogen pollution in our groundwater is coming from: septic leaks and lawn fertilizers. One of those is an easy fix and you can help. Learn more at liwater.org

👀(Full story at News 12 Long Island )Learn how conventional/synthetic fertilizer is damaging our water supply at liwater...
10/15/2026

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(Full story at News 12 Long Island )

Learn how conventional/synthetic fertilizer is damaging our water supply at liwater.org

"Water quality management in the country has long been viewed as a largely “cooperative” example of the relationship bet...
10/13/2026

"Water quality management in the country has long been viewed as a largely “cooperative” example of the relationship between federal and state governments...States and local governments are playing a critical role, but their regulatory rollouts are uneven and plagued by inherent gaps... And because PFAS are so difficult to destroy and can easily move across borders, this piecemeal approach can exacerbate environmental justice issues and risks leaving certain places behind. " full story at Earth.Org

While governments duke it out on protecting their citizens or not, we can take our local water quality into our own hands and keep the PFAS and microplastics from conventional/synthetic fertilizers out of our water supply. Learn more at liwater.org

"We could now have a potent fertilizer —– organic —– which is ready in [weeks]. For us that was amazing," Newlove says. ...
10/12/2026

"We could now have a potent fertilizer —– organic —– which is ready in [weeks]. For us that was amazing," Newlove says. "It was a game changer, to be honest." full story at NPR

Organic fertilizers have many benefits over increasingly expensive synthetic fertilizers including keeping microplastics and other contaminants out of our water supply. Learn more at liwater.org

"The states allege that received some of 's most valuable assets without taking responsibility for liabilities connec...
10/05/2026

"The states allege that received some of 's most valuable assets without taking responsibility for liabilities connected to contamination. Corteva emerged from the corporate restructuring involving and DuPont and inherited responsibility for some -related PFAS liabilities." full story at AgroLatam

Shuffling corporate liability while profiting off its gains smells bad. Meanwhile, we can limit our exposure to these toxic chemicals in our water supply by avoiding these fertilizers in the first place. Learn more at liwater.org

"Ag[riculture] economist Gary Schnitkey, with the University of Illinois, says as long as geopolitical tensions remain h...
09/29/2026

"Ag[riculture] economist Gary Schnitkey, with the University of Illinois, says as long as geopolitical tensions remain high, input costs such as fertilizer and fuel aren’t likely to come down." full story at Brownfield Ag News

The upfront costs of fertilizer continue to be expensive while the pollution-related health costs remain so. Learn how to keep toxic fertilizer chemicals out of our water supply at liwater.org

"The Trump administration has stalled a study that would help regulators understand which industries dump harmful foreve...
09/08/2026

"The Trump administration has stalled a study that would help regulators understand which industries dump harmful forever chemicals with their wastewater, according to two former agency officials who were involved in its development." full story at PBS NewsHour

Another disappointing reason why we need to take keeping our water safe into our own hands as much as possible. Learn more at liwater.org

"Tips to stay safe [from exposure] :Use safer alternative fertilizers, such as those verified by OMRI - The Organic Ma...
09/02/2026

"Tips to stay safe [from exposure] :Use safer alternative fertilizers, such as those verified by OMRI - The Organic Materials Review Institute to not contain , or produce your own compost from kitchen and lawn scraps." full story at NRDC

PFAS forever chemicals can be found in sewage sludge-based (AKA biosolids) fertilizers which leach PFAS chemicals, microplastics, and excessive nitrogen into our water supply. Safer alternatives can be found at liwater.org

“Industrial agriculture polluters are ruining Iowa’s water, driving our cancer crisis, and bleeding farmers dry—and they...
09/01/2026

“Industrial agriculture polluters are ruining Iowa’s water, driving our cancer crisis, and bleeding farmers dry—and they’re making billions doing it,” said Jennifer Breon, a senior organizer with Food & Water Watch, in a statement issued by the organization. “No one should be in the business of pollution.” full story at Inside Climate News

Long Island's residents are ruining Long Island's water with excessive toxic fertilizer runoff. But it doesn't have to be this way. Learn more at liwater.org

Make it make sense. Actually, just avoid the whole thing. Learn why at liwater.org
08/31/2026

Make it make sense. Actually, just avoid the whole thing. Learn why at liwater.org

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