As it prepares for a rate hike on April 1, New York American water is also moving ahead with a $40.8 million plan to replace all of its 126,500 water meters in Nassau County with new smart meters that will monitor customers’ usage.
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By Mike Smollins
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3/18/20
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The Public Service Commission recently announced that it had decided to defer a 27 percent rate hike for New York American Water customers in the Lynbrook service area in April and opted for a 6 percent increase, or $2.01 a month.
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By Mike Smollins
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2/13/20
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On Jan. 27, the Nassau County Legislature tooks steps towad finalizing an agreement with the Long Island Power Authority and PSEG Long Island to spend $30 million on a power line that will stretch from the E.F. Barrett Generation Station in Island Park to the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility.
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By Mike Smollins
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2/6/20
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New York American Water customers in the Lynbrook service area are likely to face a double-digit rate hike in April, but the utility is working with state officials to spread the impact over three years.
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By Mike Smollins
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1/30/20
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Officials are eyeing Oct. 29, 2022 — the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy — as a completion date for the Bay Park Conveyance Project, now that they have sent out a request for qualifications to interested design-and-build teams.
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By Mike Smollins
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12/12/19
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Dozens of Bay Park residents met with Nassau County officials and Suez Water representatives on Nov. 12 to ask questions and express their worries about diesel exhaust and odors at the Bay Park Water Reclamation Facility.
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By Mike Smollins
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11/27/19
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American Water Works Co. announced in a release Wednesday that it would sell its New York operation to Liberty Utilities for $608 million cash. The deal follows years-long criticism from Nassau County ratepayers, lawmakers and watchdog groups that have questioned the private company’s rate structure, water service and infrastructure management.
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By Alyssa Seidman
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11/21/19
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As federal officials propose rolling back water protection regulations, Long Island is struggling to find a solution to the problem of its increasingly contaminated drinking water supply.
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11/15/19
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Residents in the Lynbrook, Merrick and North Shore water districts found a letter from New York American Water in their mailboxes during the last week of October, and it wasn’t a water bill. It was a rate increase notice, signed off on by the New York Public Service Commission.
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By Mike Conn and Mike Smollins
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11/7/19
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The latest letters to the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Editor focus on water rate hikes and the Legislative District 6 race.
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10/10/19
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