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Friday, August 16, 2019
Vol. 4, No. 33
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Port water district’s $16M bond approved
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Money will primarily fund dioxane treatments for Port well stations BY J E S S I C A PA R K S The North Hempstead town board approved the issuance of a $16.1 million bond Tuesday to fund the first phase of the Port Washington Water District’s capital improvement plan. Phase one consists of critical improvements to four of the district’s six well stations. The second and last phase of the plan is still being developed and will require the approval of a second bond. Many of the improvements involve constructing treatment systems for 1,4-dioxane, a chemical that has been found in drinking water systems across Long Island and has been classified as a “likely carcinogen” by the EPA. Bill Merklin of D&B Engineers, Port water district’s contracted engineer, said the 1,4-dioxane treatment systems in the district have become even more imperative with maximum contamination levels for the substance projected to
be adopted by January 2020. The state Drinking Water Quality Council recommended a maximum contamination of 1 part per billion in December 2018. In July, the state health commissioner ordered the state Department of Health to begin the process to adopt the recommended level. Treatments for 1,4-dioxane will be designed and constructed at Hewlett and Stonytown well stations along with the completion of other miscellaneous repairs that will account for over $11 million of the project’s expenses. At the Morley Park well station, the district has allocated $400,000 to an advanced oxidation process pilot system to treat for 1,4 dioxane. The Morley Park well station is situated in a county-owned park and the treatment requires the acquisition of more land, which calls for a different level of environmental review for bond approval than Continued on Page 61
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Permits delayed by too few county fire marshals BY J ES S I C A PA R K S
across Nassau County, causing a major delay in openings, according to union representaJust 17 fire marshals are tives. Staffing counts obtained assigned to review the plans and conduct inspections of from the county identified 57 hundreds of new businesses uniformed marshals and 37
support staff members for a total of 94 full-time employees in the fire marshal’s office. However, union representatives contend that the office only has 56 uniformed marshals and six Continued on Page 50
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