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Push to privatize Nassau sewers still alive

August 6, 2012 9:37 PM By JOYE BROWN joye.brown@newsday.com

Civic leaders gathered outside the Nassau County Executive

Photo credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa | Civic leaders gathered outside the Nassau County Executive Building to demand hearings on the county's efforts to privatize its sewage treatment plants. (Aug. 6, 2012)

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Nassau Legis. David Denenberg joined civic leaders who Rally for hearing on sewer privatization

County Executive Edward Mangano wants a second chance to convince a state control board that there's merit to his plan to privatize management of Nassau's wastewater treatment system.

That's why he took the unusual step of soliciting potential investors -- 13 would go on to express interest -- for the deal.

"It was a test of the market to see who, if any, would be interested," Mangano...

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