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The Suffolk County Water Authority began work Monday on a major water main extension to bring public water to 64 homes in the Riverhead Town sections of Manorville and Calverton, taking them off private wells that have been shown to be contaminated by perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. This project is Phase 2 of an ongoing ...
Thus the push for public water. Last year Riverhead received $3.5 million in federal funding that would go toward the estimated $9.5 million needed to hook up the affected Manorville properties. The town continues its search for additional grant monies for the project. Meanwhile, Riverhead has the Suffolk County Water Authority in its corner.
Here are the headlines for Monday, August 26. FREE FOR ALL SUBSCRIBERS Guest Spot: Preserving aquifer key to area’s future RIVERHEAD NEWS-REVIEW Suffolk County Water Authority breaks ground on water main extension THE SUFFOLK TIMES Mattituck actor’s latest film ushers in spooky season SHELTER ISLAND REPORTER Shelter Island’s Overdose Awareness Day NORTHFORKER Pointing Toward Fun:...
The Suffolk County Water Authority will receive a $2.7 million grant toward a project that will provide public water to Manorville residents plagued by contaminated private drinking water wells. The funding, part of $18.9 million total the SCWA will receive through the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation, is on top of an earlier $3.5...
Riverhead Town plans to formally collaborate with the Suffolk County Water Authority in providing clean water for Manorville residents with contaminated private wells, bringing residents one step closer to a long-sought resolution. According to an agreement distributed at Wednesday’s Town Board meeting, water would be provided to properties with private wells that have or may...
The Suffolk County Water Authority is moving forward with its program to bring public water to Riverhead Town residents in the Manorville and Calverton areas. Riverhead Town has now raised $7.39 million to extend the Riverhead Water District into Manorville and Calverton with the help of SCWA, and that’s about $2.8 million short, according to ...
A Suffolk County Water Authority capital project to build an eight-mile, $35 million pipeline linking the Pine Barrens aquifer to Southold Town is not yet underway, and will take three to five years to complete, SCWA CEO Jeffrey Szabo said in an interview this week. Mr. Szabo was responding to a letter to the editor...
The Suffolk County Water Authority began work Monday on a major water main extension to bring public water to 64 homes in the Riverhead Town sections of Manorville and... 09.11.2022 News
The Suffolk County Water Authority says it is “ready, willing and able” to bring safe and constantly tested public water to 128 homes in the Calverton and Manorville communities whose private wells are threatened by PFAS contamination. The water authority said it can do the job “so long as there is a funding source.”
A long-standing safe drinking water controversy in Manorville took another key step towards resolution this week. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and State Sen. Anthony Palumbo held a press conference Thursday to announce that $1.5 million in additional funding has been secured to provide clean drinking water to 64 Riverhead Town residents living in Manorville...