Voters in both Nassau and Suffolk Counties recently casted votes to elect or re-elect water commissioners in all Long Island commissioner-run water districts. Cathedral Gardens Water District …
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1/14/21
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As part of the Nassau Suffolk Water Commissioners’ Association’s ongoing Educational Speaker Series, which includes West Hempstead Water District Commissioner Kenneth Wenthen Jr., the …
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5/8/20
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The Public Service Commission announced that it has decided to defer a 27 percent rate hike for New York American Water customers in the Lynbrook service area in April and has opted for a 6 percent …
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By Michael Smollins
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2/20/20
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Construction workers have put their shovels in the ground at the West Hempstead Water District’s 7th Street facility in Garden City South to install two wells. In addition, the water district …
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By Melissa Koenig and Nakeem Grant
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2/6/20
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The West Hempstead Water District is among several municipalities that will receive state aid for infrastructure projects that aim to improve water quality. West Hempstead has received more than …
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By Nakeem Grant
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1/9/20
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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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Dr. Sarah Meyland, the director of the New York Institute of Technology’s Center for Water Resources Management, appeared before the Friends of the Bay in Oyster Bay on Sept. 26, and Meyland told …
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By Mike Conn and Nakeem Grant
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10/17/19
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While Nassau County legislators may be divided on many issues, they recently made it clear that they agree on the importance of protecting Long Island’s wetlands.
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9/27/19
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For the past two summers, New York American Water customers on the north and south shores have been incensed by their rapidly rising water bills. On Aug. 14, a report by the Farmingdale-based advocacy group Citizens Campaign for the Environment confirmed what they already knew . . .
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8/30/19
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Q. Our rear porch was changed to a family room, and even though we noticed that the ceiling and floor got wet when it rained, we thought that making the porch a closed-in room would mean no more water. Unfortunately, after the room was finished, it still leaks.
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By Monte Leeper
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8/23/19
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