A nearly $224 million sewer project will reduce nitrogen pollution and expand economic development by eliminating about 1,890 cesspools and septic systems in the Mastic-Shirley area of Long Island. Still, environmentalists want more.
"Today we break ground on a historic sewer project that will both improve water quality in the Forge River and attract new investment to the Mastic community," Bellone said.
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The Forge River Watershed Sewer District, which will connect 1,889 homes to a new treatment plant to be built in Mastic, is part of the larger Suffolk County Coastal Resiliency Initiative.