Water quality on Long Island
Amanda Comando, an assistant supervising chemist at the Suffolk County Water Authority, works in a lab extracting pharmaceuticals from drinking water. (Sept. 15, 2013) Credit: Newsday / Audrey C. Tiernan
Residents want better water quality, lower rates
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Bill would require EPA to set drinking water standards
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Officials call for carcinogen protections
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High levels of toxic waste found near well
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LI aquifer's drinking water could be threatened by pumping, fear officials, experts
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FEMA reimburses Nassau for Bay Park work, senators announce
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Suffolk to study installing wastewater treatment systems in Orient
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Tour of nitrogen-polluted Forge River precedes talk of possible solutions
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Suffolk bill aims to protect aquifers by banning fracking waste
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Roslyn Estates well contamination probed by DEC
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State to ask court to jail owner of Superfund site
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LI aquifer protection panel holds first meeting
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Bellone eyes added sewers to fight pollution
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What's in the water? Updates from our panel discussion
Bethpage Water District to sue Northrop Grumman over contamination
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Potential groundwater threat seen from composting
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Most LI home water use goes toward lawns
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Lawmakers air concerns about Long Island Sound
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Nitrogen growing threat to LI waters
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LI's 254 Superfund sites threaten its drinking water
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New plan focuses on lowering Long Island's nitrogen pollution
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From well to tap, tour shows how drinking water is treated
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Residents outraged over Bay Park Sewage Plant diesel oil spill
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Organizers hope water-quality forum will be a 'call to action'
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Hauppauge sewage treatment plant expansion nearly complete
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Officials: Toxic rust tide returns to East End
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Sprinklers get reprieve on Shelter Island
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Nassau Health Dept.: Gold Coast mansion's sewer pipe capped
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DEC finds manganese in LI water samples near compost sites
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Southampton takes lead in cleaning up wastewater
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Study: Beach water quality slightly better
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Bethpage Water installs new well outside plume area
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Nassau, Suffolk seek to create aquifer council
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State rejected Suffolk water study request
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Tax breaks for ex-Grumman site renovation
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Schumer urges help in monitoring Bethpage radium
High radium levels shut Bethpage Water District well
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Funding cuts eliminate water monitoring program in city, Nassau
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Southampton mulls septic tank replacement
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LI environmental groups push for water quality improvements
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Revamped state policy on pesticides splits farmers, environmentalists
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Officials: Navy to help with Bethpage plume costs
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Northrop Grumman seen unlikely to get state aid
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Economists: Northrop Grumman job loss exemplifies a sad fact of life on LI
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Schumer: Northrop Grumman 'betraying' LI by moving jobs
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Drugs ending up in water supply in Suffolk
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Northrop Grumman to move 850 jobs off Long Island
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Sandy may have lasting impact on LI ecosystems
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Mangano: State should expand Bethpage cancer study
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State airs groundwater-protection proposal
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Ex-fire medic settles rape case for $500G ... Thieves use car to ram dealership, steal sports car ... Spike in East End farm stand thefts ... 9/11 attacks killing LIers
East End farm stands report thefts, threatening decades-old honor systems
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It's your last chance to book an LI 'bumper boat'
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What to expect on the roads this Labor Day weekend
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Out East: North Fork Foodie Tour
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Smithtown East hosts Long Island's first outdoor volleyball match
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Trendy Bites: Dom's Famous Chicken Fingers
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Spotted lanternflies on the rise
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Eyewitness account of the Nepali flood
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LI Works: Shucking oysters and hauling fish at a local seafood market
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Little Free Libraries are a big deal
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