Waterwash makes a splash

Mattituck Creek gets a makeover. Read the full story at www.suffolktimes.com. Southold, N.Y.-based artist and environmental activist Lillian Ball spent years developing the concept and gathering the funds for Waterwash, a combination of permeable pavement, vegetative swale - a constructed earthen channel planted with vegetation - and informational signs to replace a gravel parking lot and phragmites-infested area near the Mattituck Creek boat ramp on the North Fork of Long Island. This unique installation — an aesthetically-pleasing way to mitigate stormwater runoff while educating the public, said Ms. Ball — officially opened to the public on Monday, Nov. 9, 2009 Ms. Ball, Suffolk County Legislator Ed Romaine, Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell, and Group for the East End's president Bob DeLuca were among those who gathered to see the finished project, which is the first of its kind on the North Fork.

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• Mattituck Inlet
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