1.   The city invested thousands in improved sewage disposal.

2.   Those beaches which benefit from improved sewage treatment systems, such as Hunstanton in Norfolk, are praised for their water quality.

3.   Improved sewage treatment was a major recommendation of a federal task force that proposed ways to clean up the sound.

4.   The NRDC attributes the drop to drier weather rather than improved sewage treatment.

5.   Plan includes promises for improved sewage control, regional conservation strategies, study of possible special environmental fund.

6.   Improvements are largely the result of investment in improved sewage treatment and the prevention of pollution by the government and its agencies.