[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, VOCs: "Calverton [NY] RAB urges Navy to consider county health data from private wells"

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Calverton RAB urges Navy to consider county health data from private wells

By Ana Borruto
Riverhead News-Review (NYU)
February 18, 2026

The Calverton Restoration Advisory Board has announced plans to host its own public meeting where the Suffolk County Health Department can present its independent testing data of private wells at the former Grumman site to the residents, after the U.S. Navy declined to have county officials present its findings. 

RAB members, who have served as a liaison among community members, government officials and Navy during this now decades-long cleanup process, are aiming to schedule this open meeting at Riverhead Town Hall, in conjunction with Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine, Riverhead Town officials, Suffolk County legislators and county health officials, for early March. 

RAB member Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, shared at the Feb. 10 meeting with the Navy that the RAB previously requested that the county perform the private well data testing because the advisory board felt it would give the public a “bigger picture” of groundwater contamination and any potential risks. 

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For the entire article, see
https://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2026/02/131978/calverton-rab-urges-navy-to-consider-county-health-data-from-private-wells/


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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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