Bethpage Water Contamination

Bethpage water district has been delivering an uninterrupted supply of the highest quality water to customers since 1923.

Bethpage water contamination. As one of the most experienced districts on long island we are fully committed to achieving environmental excellence and providing unparalleled service while maintaining some of the lowest water rates in the united states. In 2009 a larger deeper plume was found under what became the bethpage community park. The groundwater pollution coming from the former northrop grumman and u s. While there was no standard at the time the current federal and state maximum contamination level is 5 parts per billion.

The city of flint michigan made headlines during the last couple of years after dangerous levels of lead were found in the water. In 1986 the first of 2 known plumes of contamination was discovered a shallow one. Richard humann president and ceo of h2m architects engineers and a. 2014 results from a monitoring well the navy installed north of hempstead turnpike.

Friday february 17 2017 bethpage long island wabc there s a new study trying to figure out how to get rid of a plume of contamination and make the drinking water safe for a quarter million. The resulting cover up resulted in a number of lawsuits and criminal indictments. As a transplanted queens s native who now lives in bethpage the news was troubling to say the least but it is just one of many examples of a contaminated water supply. Residents group sues state navy over bethpage contamination view of a portion of the former navy site in bethpage taken from thomas avenue with the bethpage water tower in the background friday.

The permanent easements on five parcels of county land represents a necessary step toward remediation of the bethpage plume long island s largest mass of carcinogenic groundwater pollution. Grumman installed and operates an onsite containment system.