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.”
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Photo: Lon Cohen. As most people living on Long Island will probably agree, our coastline is one of our most precious resources. Living on Long Island means that you are never very far away from the water, whether it s a bay, ocean, estuary, or the Long island Sound. Stewardship of our coastline will preserve Long Island’s diverse ecology and beautiful environs for future generations. Education is a key part of that effort. Recently, Brookhaven Town received a 2020 Long Island Sound Futures Fund matching grant to fund the Town’s Coastal Environment and Community Resilience Education Program. The Fund is managed by The Long Island Sound Study, a partnership whose mission is to restore and protect the Long island Sound. The organization seeks to fund activities that demonstrate a real, on-the-ground commitment to securing a healthy future for the Long Island Sound. Grants combines funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic
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