[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Riverhead [NY] officials meet with Navy reps to demand ‘swift action’ on funding for public water extensions to homes near former Grumman plant"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Riverhead officials meet with Navy reps to demand ‘swift action’ on funding for public water extensions to homes near former Grumman plant

By Denise Civiletti
Riverhead Local (NY)
July 26, 2022

Riverhead officials met with representatives of the Navy earlier this month to ask for “swift action” to provide public water to residents near the former Naval manufacturing plant whose private drinking water wells are contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS.

Supervisor Yvette Aguiar, who in the past has called on the Navy to take responsibility for groundwater contamination and pay the cost of public water extensions to serve the affected homes, said the town demanded the July 8 meeting to bring the matter to conclusion.

“We presented an exceptional, strong case to them,” Aguiar said. “We talked about water flow and PFAS. And they initially denied that they were culpable in any way,” she said.

“It was pretty contentious,” the supervisor said. Aguiar credited Riverhead Water District Superintendent Frank Mancini and water district consultant Stan Carey of H2M with “making a strong case” for Navy responsibility.

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For the entire article, see
https://riverheadlocal.com/2022/07/26/riverhead-officials-meet-with-navy-reps-to-demand-swift-action-on-funding-for-public-water-extensions-to-homes-near-former-grumman-plant/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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