Mumford Cove is a private association in Southeastern

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located adjacent to

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, bordered by

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Connecticut Haley's Farm nature preserve, Palmer's Cove, and Fisher's Island Sound. It is a part of the town of

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. The neighborhood was first developed in the late 1960s. Mumford Cove was the former home for Governor John Dempsey. Mumford Cove was marred by ecological crises in the 1970s, when raw sewage was routinely pumped into the waters of the cove and

salt marsh A salt marsh or saltmarsh, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. It is domin ...

es of the area. Since this practice was halted, the EPA has studied and assessed the health and safety of the waters off of Mumford Cove, which has now nearly returned to their natural levels.

References

History of Haley Farm and Mumford CoveMumford Cove EPA data
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