Clean Water/Jobs Coalition Announces 2012 Sound Guardian Awards

The creators of a cutting-edge water pollution control program, a U.S. Senator who has become the leading advocate in Congress for Long Island Sound, and a construction firm with a stellar record of building wastewater treatment plants will receive the prestigious Sound Guardian awards this year, on April 19 at the Water Club in Manhattan.

The 2012 honorees are:

• Commissioner Joseph Martens of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Commissioner Carter Strickland of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, for a landmark agreement to use green infrastructure to keep polluted stormwater from reaching local waters.
• U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for her leadership in working to reauthorize the Long Island Sound Stewardship and Restoration Act in Washington D.C.
• Skanska USA Civil Northeast, for its exemplary work building wastewater treatment plants that have led to significant improvements in the waters surrounding New York City.

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Click here if you would like to attend the Sound Guardian Award Reception on April 19th