Kopel challenged by Moser in 7th L.D.

Howard Kopel is running for his second term as county legislator of the 7th Legislative District. The Lawrence resident was elected in 2009 after defeating incumbent Jeff Toback. He is being challenged by Adam Moser, a Democrat from Hewlett. Moser is a former district court judge, who has a Rockville Centre legal practice.
The 7th L.D. includes the Five Towns communities of Cedarhurst, Inwood, Hewlett, Lawrence and Woodmere, South Valley Stream, Oceanside, Island Park and portions of East Rockaway and Bay Park.

Herald: Why do you think the transfer of sewage from the Five Towns to the Bay Park Treatment Plant is a good idea?

Kopel: Actually, this my predecessor’s idea, and was passed before I came to office. At this time the Bay Park treatment plant is not in any shape to accept additional unprocessed sewage from other areas. Over a decade of neglect, dismissal, and outright contempt for the people of East Rockaway and Bay Park left a critically important facility in serous disrepair.
Since coming into office, I have worked to renovate the Bay Park Treatment Plant into the stat-of-the-art treatment facility Nassau County needs. At the same time, we must provide residents of Bay Park the security of knowing that living near a treatment plant doesn’t have to mean putting up with a dirty, smelly treatment plant.

Moser: I am very troubled by the persistent problems of the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant. Having gone door to door in the area, I smelled the problem firsthand. The only solution to this problem is to build an ocean pipeline and stop dumping in Reynolds Channel.
Currently, the Lawrence station is dumping into Reynolds Channel as well. Once we have fixed the Bay Park facility with an ocean pipeline, if transferring the Five Towns sewage there to stop all flow into Reynolds Channel makes sense. We need to get all sewage dumping away from our beaches and communities.