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January 20, 2025 - Center Leads International PFAS Roadmap That Seeks to Navigate a Global Path Toward Improved Management of Forever Chemicals
January 5, 2025 - Center Wins Univeristy-wide Innovation Challenge
December 28, 2025 - LI Scientists Say They’ve Developed Low-Cost Solution to Drastically Improve Drinking Water
December 28, 2025 - Revolutionary Low-Cost Solution by LI Scientists Promises to Transform Drinking Water Quality
December 26, 2025- Stony Brook Researchers Developing Alternative to Expensive Septic Systems
December 15, 2025 - Center Honored with Three ‘Outstanding/Best Paper’ Awards for Work on Emerging Contaminants
December 11, 2025 - Celebrating Breakthrough Ideas: Brook & Beyond Highlights Stony Brook Entrepreneurs
November 13, 2025 - Workshop Explores Ways SBU’s Research Tackles PFAS, Other Emerging Contaminants
October 30, 2025 - Upcoming Event in Southampton Village Will Provide Valuable Information to Homeowners Interested in Septic System Upgrades
March 2, 2025 - SBU’s Christopher Gobler to be honored by the Sierra Club
January 3, 2025 - Welcoming New Scientists to the NYS Center for Clean Water Technology
December 19, 2024 - Nassau testing wastewater for drugs like oxycodone, cocaine and heroin, a first for the county
December 10, 2024 - Long Island Sound Conservation Efforts Land $12 Million in Grants
June 12, 2024 - Experts Convene to Discuss Clean Water Solutions
June 6, 2024 - Center to Co-Host Free Webinar on New I/A Low Nitrogen Septic Systems
May 10, 2024 - Center for Clean Water Technology to Host 2024 Symposium on June 12th
April 15, 2024 - The New York State Center for Clean Water Technology Granted a United States Patent for a Novel, Nitrogen-Removing Onsite Wastewater Treatment System
March 11, 2024 - Sagg Pond Watershed: Homeowners Share Their Septic System Upgrade Story
February 20, 2024 - Center Publication Granted Water 2024 Best Paper Award
January 10, 2024 - Center Mentee Named Regeneron STS Top 300 Scholar
December 28, 2023 - Having a Clear Impact: Chris Gobler Is The Southampton Press Western Edition Person of the Year
December 12, 2023 - Center Receives Multiple Water Quality Awards from East Hampton and Southampton Towns
December 11, 2023 - Center’s NRB Set to Transform Onsite Wastewater Treatment on Long Island and Beyond
November 21, 2023 - Research shows wastewater testing improves predictions for COVID-19 hospital admissions
Novebmer 21, 2023 - Gobler, Boffetta Named Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers
July 24, 2023 - Long Island MacArthur Airport Superfund site: State DEC, Islip negotiating agreement on cleanup, officials say
July 20, 2023 - Long Island Marine Monitoring Network report says LI water quality at an all-time low
July 20, 2023 - Water quality is at an ‘all time low’: Local environmental groups call on Legislature to pass vote
July 20, 2023 - Long Island water quality has hit a low point, environmentalist says
July 20, 2023 - 'Going to be tough if nothing's done.' Environmentalists, seafood businesses worry as water quality deteriorates
April 25, 2023 - Center's Lined Nitrogen Reducing Biofilter Receives Provisional Use Approval
April 13, 2023 - Your Life's Work in 180 Seconds: The 3MT Challenge
March 30, 2023 - State lawmakers must pass Suffolk plan for clean water
March 23, 2023 - Center Researcher Receives NSF CAREER Award
March 22, 2023 - With a Little Kelp From Our Friends: Seedweed's Super Powers
March 7, 2023 - Help Navigating Septic Grants
February 27, 2023 - Airplane Wastewater Testing Could Help Track COVID, Other Diseases, CDC Says
February 26, 2023 - Watershed Manager Hired
February 8, 2023 - Center Researchers Attend NYWEA 95th Annual Meeting
January 12, 2023 - Center Study Finds Biochar Amendment Can Enhance N Removal by NRBs
January 10, 2023 - Stable and Robust Degrading Enrichment Culture for 1,4-Dioxane Bioremediation
November 29, 2022 - CCWT among nine projects to receive $1.69 million to test innovative and new water treatment technologies
September 18, 2022 - Wastewater a key barometer of COVID-19, scientists say
September 1, 2022 - SBU’s Arjun Venkatesan gathers information from wastewater
June 23, 2022 - Kelp Mitigates Ocean Acidification, a Key to the Health and Abundance of Important Shellfish
June 10, 2022 - The Johnny Appleseed of Sugar Kelp
June 7, 2022 - Center Study Demonstrating Phosphorus Removal from Septic Waste Wins 2022 Best Paper Award
May 26, 2022 - After All Things: Kelp can help!
May 26, 2022 - Kelp could help save Long Island's shellfish industry from ocean acidification, study finds
May 26, 2022 - Kelp May Help Shellfish Growth in Acidified Waters, SBU Study Says
May 25, 2022 - Kelp Mitigates Ocean Acidification, a Key to the Health and Abundance of Important Shellfish
May 25, 2022 - Stony Brook Scientists Help Protect LI Marine Life with Kelp
May 25, 2022 - Kelp Mitigates Ocean Acidification, a Key to the Health and Abundance of Important Shellfish
May 24, 2022 - Stony Brook Researchers: Sugar Kelp Could Help Cleanup Long Island's Waterways
April 22, 2022 - Center Brings Awareness to Water Quality at 2022 Earthstock
February 16, 2022 - Stony Brook Students and Faculty Pioneer International Virtual Exchange
January 27, 2022 - Center Publication Selected for Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment 2022 Best Paper Award
December 18, 2021 - SERDP Grant Awarded to Center: Extraction and Removal of PFAS from Impacted Water and Soil using Air Bubbles
December 16, 2021 - Governor Hochul Announces Department of Health Partnership with Syracuse University to Expand Innovative COVID-19 Surveillance in Wastewater
October 13, 2021 - Septic Nitrogen Sensor Successfully Completes Environmental Performance Testing
August 13, 2021 - CCWT’s NSF-Supported Research Will Improve Drinking Water Quality & Environmental Health
May 11, 2021 - Center Associate Director Presents at NYS Joint Water and Wastewater Virtual Legislative Forum
March 5, 2021 - Innovations in Sewage Pollution Solutions: An Interview with Dr. Christopher Gobler
November 23, 2020 - CCWT Wins Gold Award for Excellence in Waste and Storm Water for Nitrogen Removing Biofilter from the American Council of Engineering Companies
October 17, 2020 - Nitrogen-Reducing Septic Systems to be Required in All New Construction Projects
October 15, 2020 - Suffolk County Tightens Regulations on Cesspools, Septic Systems
October 14, 2020 - LI Water Quality Suffering from Nitrogen, Toxic Blooms
October 14, 2020 - Stony Brook Scientists Tracking COVID Spread with Sewage Sampling
October 9, 2020 - Stony Brook University Researcher's Turn to Sewers to Study COVID-19
October 6, 2020 - Suffolk Lawmakers Back High-Tech Septic Systems for Most New Homes
October 1, 2020 - Center for Clean Water Technology Participating in This Year's Giving Day
September 9, 2020 - Dr. Christopher Gobler to Present on New Technology Development at "The Future is Now" on September 16th
June 16, 2020 - Center Director Featured in Next LI's COVID-19 Research Article
May 28, 2020 - Center Director, Dr. Chris Gobler, Delivers State of the Bays 2020
May 27, 2020 - Center Researcher's Presentation on Winning Sensor Technology Available On-Line
May 15, 2020 - Newsday Final Point: New Help in Reducing Nitrogen Flow in Suffolk
May 5, 2020 - Center for Clean Water Technology Researcher Wins EPA Advanced Septic System Nitrogen Sensor Challenge
May 4, 2020 - Center to Host Monthly Seminar Series Available Via Zoom
April 23, 2020 - Researchers: Dissolved Oxygen and pH Policy Leave Fisheries at Risk
March 1, 2020 - Center Director Featured in Stony Brook University Magazine Spring 2020 Issue
February 28, 2020 - Center Highlighted in Long Island Nitrogen Action Plan Newsletter
February 10, 2020 - Associate Director to Provide Webinar on Poly- & Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Water on March 5th, 2020
November 5, 2019 - Center Article on Legacy Nitrogen Published in Water Research Journal
October 4, 2019 - Water Authority Exploring Second Contamination Suit
September 5, 2019 - DOE Particle Accelerator Awards Support Clean Water and Plasma Wave Tech Projects
August 30, 2019 - Stony Brook Know-How Helps to Protect Long Island's Water Supply
August 27, 2019 - Center for Clean Water Technology Acts on Improving Water Quality - Before It's Too Late
July 16, 2019 - Restoring the Health of Sagg Pond
July 11, 2019 - CCWT Recommended for Highly Competitive DoE Grant to Test Novel Treatment Technology to Remove Emerging Contaminants
July 9, 2019 - Center Hosts Ribbon Cutting for New Wastewater Research & Innovation Facility
July 4, 2019 - Associate Director Interviewed for Three Part Series on Long Island's Water Problem
June 25, 2019 - Man-made Wetland Designed to Treat Wastewater Completed at Uplands Farm Sanctuary
May 28, 2019 - Center Research on PFAS Highlighted in the Southampton Press
February 23, 2019 - New York Moves to Regulate a "Likely Human Carcinogen" in Drinking Water
January 2, 2019 - Center Publishes 2017 Technology Review of I/A Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
December 18, 2018 - Town of Brookhaven and CCWT Funded to Install and Monitor a Permeable Reactive Barrier (PRB) at Davis Park Marina
December 18, 2018 - Drinking Water Quality Council Recommends Maximum Contaminant Levels for 1,4-Dioxane, PFOA and PFOS
October 2, 2018 - Grant Awardees for Center's AOP Pilot Program Announced
June 26, 2018 - Assemblyman Englebright's Summer 2018 Budget Update Highlights Center
May 23, 2018 - Scientists See Progress on Nitrogen Filters for Algal Blooms
May 22, 2018 - Center Presents Ground Breaking Research and New Initiatives at 2018 Symposium
April 27, 2018 - Stony Brook University Scientists Unveil New Home Nitrogen Filter Prototype
April 26, 2018 - Suffolk Tests New Type of Advanced Septic System to Reduce Nitrogen
January 22, 2018 - State Testing for 1,4-Dioxane on Long Island Off to a Slow Start
January 17, 2018 - Center Participates in LI Drinking Water Forum with Scientists and Politicians
December 21, 2017 - Governor Cuomo Unveils 12th Proposal of 2018 State of the State: Protecting New York's Lakes from Harmful Algal Blooms
November 30, 2017 - Water Commissioners Address Chemical Water Issues at Meeting
November 17, 2017 - SCWA Collaborates with NYS CCWT
November 7, 2017 - Assemblyman Thiele Announces Center's Efforts to Address Emerging Contaminants in Drinking Water
October 26, 2017 - Center Issues Request for Proposals for Pilot Grant Program on Removal of 1,4-Dioxane
August 29, 2017 - Senator Elaine Phillips Tours SBU Center for Clean Water Technology
June 22, 2017 - Center Co-Director Keynote Speaker at NEWIN Water Pitch Night
June 6, 2017 - Congressman Paul Tonko Tours SBU Center for Clean Water Technology
April 3, 2017 - Center Participates in Groundbreaking Wastewater Treatment on Shelter Island
February 11, 2017 - EPA Needs to Set Drinking Water Standard for 1,4-Dioxane
September 12, 2016 - Governor Cuomo Announces New Actions to Protect Water Quality on Long Island
June 28, 2016 - Alternative Technologies Bring Hope to Island's Polluted Waters
June 28, 2016 - New Septic Technology Could Cut 95 Percent of Nitrogen Released Into Ground Water
June 28, 2016 - New York State Center for Clean Water Technology Exploring Cesspool Replacement Options
June 25, 2016 - Inspired by Nature, Scientist Creates 'Biofilter' to Tackle Wastewater Problem
June 24, 2016 - Center Releases Technology Assessment Report
June 23, 2016 - Center Shares Strategic Vision and Promise of Research Investments at Symposium
June 23, 2016 - Filtering Suffolk's Wastewater Studied at Stony Brook
June 21, 2016 - Stony Brook's Nitrogen Filter Could Help Improve LI Waters
June 21, 2016 - Day and Nitro: The End of LI Cesspools?
June 20, 2016 - Center Issues White Paper on Potential Replacement for LI Cesspools that Removes Nitrogen & Other Contaminants
April 26, 2016 - Center Co-Director Christopher Gobler Wins National Honor
March 31, 2016 - Center Hosts "Dream Team" of Scientists, Engineers & Regulators
February 18, 2016 - Gov. Cuomo Water Quality Announcement Video
February 18, 2016 - Gov. Cuomo Highlights Center as Part of Environmental Initiatives Targeting Regional Drinking Water
October 3, 2015 - Southampton Town Supervisor's Chief of Staff to Lead Center for Clean Water Technology
June 15, 2015 - Suffolk County Lists Center as Initiative for Addressing Water Quality Concerns
October 28, 2014 - Gov. Cuomo Announces NYS Center for Clean Water Technology at Stony Brook