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.
more
By Mike Smollins
|
2/13/20
|
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.
more
By Mike Smollins
|
2/6/20
|
There was a low hum in the Franklin Square Water District’s air-stripper facility on Schroeter Avenue on Jan. 30, as machines removed the volatile organic compounds from water before it reached …
more
By Melissa Koenig and Nakeem Grant
|
2/6/20
|
Potentially harmful contaminants have been found in the Glen Head well’s water, New York American Water said in a Jan. 30 news release.
Of the utility’s 55 wells across the state, …
more
By Mike Conn
|
2/6/20
|
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.
more
By Mike Smollins
|
1/30/20
|
The dismantling of the New York American Water-owned water tank on Dumond Place in Glen Head began earlier this month, roughly seven months after the company projected that work would start. Tarps …
more
By Mike Conn
|
1/23/20
|
The Town of Oyster Bay has received a $2.3 million grant from New York state’s Water Quality Improvement Program, town officials announced on Jan. 2. The funding will be used to complete a …
more
By Mike Conn
|
1/9/20
|
New York American Water customers in Oceanside experienced low water pressure Thursday because of a main break on Waukena Avenue and 2nd Street.
more
By Mike Smollins
|
1/2/20
|
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.
more
By Mike Smollins
|
12/12/19
|
The Village of Rockville Centre has proposed a water rate hike for residents, which was discussed at a public hearing on Dec. 2. Money collected from the proposed 15 percent water rate increase would fund water infrastructure and reliability projects in the village.
more
By Briana Bonfiglio
|
12/12/19
|