Second well installed to test groundwater at former Grumman site in Bethpage
Former Grumman buildings are seen at 999 South Oyster Bay Road. The New York State Department of Health is investigating cancer cases in a Bethpage residential neighborhood where decades of chemical pollution from Grumman Corp. and U.S. Navy aviation manufacturing has contaminated groundwater. (Sept. 8, 2011) Credit: Charles Eckert
Northrop Grumman Corp. has installed the second of three permanent test wells in Bethpage south of the former Navy and Grumman Aerospace site to monitor groundwater levels and groundwater quality over time, Town of Oyster Bay and company officials said.
“These reviews are routinely performed to assess conditions and the effectiveness of groundwater remedial systems under the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s oversight,” Northrop Grumman spokesman Tim Paynter said in a statement.
Once testing is completed, results will be made available through the state DEC, he said.
Remediation is ongoing at and around the former manufacturing facilities where toxic groundwater plumes and soil contamination have been found.
The newest well was put in place on Feb. 14 at 16 N. Butehorn St., after an Oyster Bay town board vote granted permission for the installation in a town right of way, town spokeswoman Marta Kane said.
The installation request was made to the town by ARCADIS, an international infrastructure, water, environmental and building firm, on behalf of Northrop Grumman.
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