SCWA requests federal funding to connect Manorville area homes to public water, but Town says not so fast Town officials took exception to the Suffolk County Water Authority’s characterization of the Riverhead Town Water District as it pushes a plan to connect homes in the Manorville and Calverton areas to public water.
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.”
County test shows toxins in Manorville wells Adrienne Esposito, center, executive director of CCE, is joined by Kelly McClinchy of Manorville and Bill Pavone of Seaford at a water standards press conference in March. (Credit: Tim Gannon)
New evidence of water contamination in Manorville wells is fueling a ramped-up effort to connect residents in the area to a public water supply.
Data released by the Suffolk County Health Department this week show that PFOS and PFOA chemicals found in firefighting foams and nonstick materials were detected in a survey conducted this fall of 95 residential wells located south of the former naval weapons reserve in Calverton.