Suffolk County Water Authority Archives

03.22.2020 COVID-19

Water officials: Taps are safe during coronavirus outbreak

As the coronavirus continues to spread across Suffolk County, many residents are stocking up, wiping shelves at grocery stores clean of essential home commodities including toilet paper and bottled...

02.20.2020 Environment

‘Map and plan’ authorized to determine cost of extending Riverhead Water District into Manorville

After residents raised concerns about drinking water quality at a recent meeting in Manorville, the Riverhead Town Board on Wednesday voted to prepare a “map and plan” for the...

12.13.2013 Government

New EPA standard for fire hydrants could cost water districts thousands

Stockpiles of fire hydrants previously purchased by local water districts could soon be useless following new federal standards for lead used in infrastructure that provides drinking water. Effective Jan....

11.30.2013 Health & Environment

Water Authority studying farming impacts on groundwater in Peconic

In an effort to reduce the impact of chemicals on Long Island’s groundwater, the Suffolk County Water Authority wants to learn more about how North Fork farmers cultivate their...

11.24.2012 News

Suffolk County Water Authority offering free private well testings

The Suffolk County Water Authority announced Tuesday it will now offer free private well testings to county residents. Water authority officials said in a press release that while the...

05.31.2012 News

Water Authority abandons plan to build wind turbine near Laurel Lake

The Suffolk County Water Authority has backed away from its plan to build a 100-kilowatt wind turbine near Laurel Lake in Laurel. In an email to County Legislator Ed...

11.30.2010 News

Environmentalist appointed to new Suffolk County Water Authority post

Carrie Meek Gallagher, the head of Suffolk County’s Department of Environment and Energy, will be taking a job as the Suffolk County Water Authority’s chief sustainability officer, a newly...

10.31.2010 News

State: Calverton neighborhood doesn’t meet criteria for stimulus money

A plan to use $2 million in federal stimulus money to help connect a brown water-plagued Calverton neighborhood with public water was denied last week because the project doesn’t...

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