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Southampton Press / Opinion / Letters / 2284519
Aug 26, 2024

Toxic Flow

On August 23, I was at Gin Lane Beach. The drain pipe from Lake Agawam was open and the highly toxic water was flowing into the ocean. There were at least 15 young children playing and swimming in the effluent, and their parents were sitting there watching them.

I called Southampton Village Police and suggested that they might want to do something about this. The dispatcher said she would inform the Highway Department. I expect nothing was done.

Let’s pray that none of these children gets seriously ill from exposure to blue-green algae.

Tim Corwin

North Sea