The REAL Story of Bottled Water
How do you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap? Watch this 5 minute video and find out!
SPLASH: We HATE Plastic Bags!
SPLASH removes more than 10,000 single-use plastic shopping bags from our waterways each year. We know this because we count them. Find out why they pose such a danger to our environment.
SPLASH: Storm Water Runoff
Street storm drains all over Long Island empty into our bays. Every time it rains, litter, oils, pesticides, fertilizers and pet waste get washed into our waters. Operation SPLASH is fighting to stop this! Watch this informative video and SUPPORT SPLASH!
SPLASH: Out Here in The Fields
SPLASH wages war against pollution in our bays, waterways and beaches! Watch this video to see us in action.
STP Outfall Pipe Update
At the SPLASH Members Meeting on Tuesday, November 1, President Rob Weltner reported that a study is underway to examine the feasibility of routing effluent from Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant to the Cedar Creek Outfall Pipe using existing piping that runs under Sunrise Highway. The Cedar Creek pipe empties 1.5 miles out into the…
DetailsFreeport HS Art Students Repurpose Trash to Get the message out!
On Sept. 29th, 25 students spent the day at SPLASH HQ. Amazing to see what they did with the trash that was collected by our dedicated volunteers this summer!
NEWSDAY 8/28/16 GSB Cleanup
Great South Bay cleanup planned to get debris out of waterway August 28, 2016 By Nicholas Spangler nicholas.spangler@newsday.com An Amityville-based group will clean up some Great South Bay salt marsh islands near the Amityville Cut on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. Volunteers in 2012 pulled out tires, wood and trash. (Credit: Fran Berkman) An Amityville-based…
DetailsMaking a ‘SPLASH’ against trash
Non-profit group combats pollution in the Western Bays Posted July 13, 2016 The Wantagh chapter of operation SPLASH cleaned up garbage near Jones Beach State Park. REBECCA ANDERSON/HERALD Volunteers for Operation SPLASH come from all over to help clean up the bays. REBECCA ANDERSON/HERALD By Rebecca Anderson It was a cloudy day on June 27. At Wantagh…
DetailsNassau eyes aqueduct as solution to Bay Park outfall problem
May 20, 2016 By Jennifer Barrios jennifer.barrios@newsday.com Outfall tide pumps at the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant. Officials may want to send effluent from the facility to the Cedar Creek plant. (Credit: Charles Eckert) Effluent from Nassau’s Sandy-damaged Bay Park sewage-treatment plant could be diverted to an ocean-outfall pipe at the county’s Cedar Creek…
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Operation Splash Awarded Environmental Champion Award
The hard work of all those helping make Operation Splash’s mission a reality was rewarded by the US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2, when Operation Splash was awarded the Environmental Champion Award on April 24th 2015. Thank you to all of our volunteers and supporters for your dedication and hardwork. This is a great honor…
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