[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Homes near Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant at Calverton, NY "to get clean water with $2.25M federal grant"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Area homes to get clean water with $2.25M federal grant

By Ana Borruto & Brendan Carpenter
Riverhead News-Review (NY)
January 30, 2026

Homes in Calverton and Riverhead affected by PFAS contamination will receive $2.25 million in federal money to install public water service as part of a broader package for 10 Suffolk County communities, Congressman Nick LaLota announced.

The appropriation will help complete the $5.6 million Extension 95 project, installing water mains to approximately 28 single-family homes along River Road, Railroad Avenue, Private Road and Canoe Lake Drive, according to the Jan. 23 announcement.

The homes are currently served by private wells contaminated with PFAS and PFOA due to groundwater pollution from the former Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant at Calverton, now known as EPCAL. 

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For the entire article, see
https://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2026/01/131589/area-homes-to-get-clean-water-with-2-25m-federal-grant/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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