Bethpage Water Contamination

Cuomo his state department of environmental conservation the u s.

Bethpage water contamination. He adds that he s hoping the focus is on the future and the long expensive cleanup. This statement is not any type of woodward bernstein expose yet it is a statement in the obvious. Last year news broke that new york was going to test water on long island for contamination from toxic groundwater near the old grumman site in bethpage which previously housed the u s. Long island s water is the most contaminated in the state.

Welcome to the bethpage water district bethpage water district has been delivering an uninterrupted supply of the highest quality water to customers since 1923. Luckily our drinking water has remained contaminant free thanks to the cautious monitoring and treatment by the bethpage water district. Navy and the united states saying that authorities have failed to properly investigate radioactive contamination in bethpage. 2014 results from a monitoring well the navy installed north of hempstead turnpike show trichloroethylene levels as high as 4 600 parts per billion in groundwater hundreds of feet below the surface.

Bethpage water district blog. Decades ago it was determined that the site was toxic and the navy and grumman had spent millions of dollars to clean it up but despite this fears remained that there was some contamination that may. Navy and the united states saying that authorities have fai. As one of the most experienced districts on long island we are fully committed to achieving environmental excellence and providing unparalleled service while maintaining some of the lowest water rates in the united states.

Bethpage water has the reputation of having the most contaminated groundwater which is a fact that no one can deny. A clean water group long island pure water ltd files a lawsuit against gov. Monday june 10 2019 news. Bethpage long island wabc there s a new study trying to figure out how to get rid of a plume of contamination and make the drinking water safe for a quarter million people in the nassau.

Cuomo his state department of environmental conservation the u s. There are public and private water wells located within a two mile radius of the plant as of 2014 and local water districts worry that public supply wells could be affected. Bethpage water district superintendent mike boufis says he s baffled by what he s seeing about the past. A clean water group filed a lawsuit late thursday against gov.