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Riverhead Water District offers paperless billing
The Riverhead Water District is now offering its customers paperless billing. Customers can now receive their water bills by email. Interested persons...
Environment
Riverhead Water District receives $5 million grant for Calverton extensions
The Riverhead Water District has received $5 million in grant funding for public water extensions to areas of Calverton with contaminated private wells.
Guest Column
Manorville’s clean water story: A tale of two towns
Guest column: Water mains are already being installed by the Suffolk County Water Authority in the Brookaven portion of Manorville. But in Riverhead Town? The wait goes on.
Government
Work on Route 58 water tower is underway
The 147-foot water tower, built in 1968, is undergoing a complete rehabilitation at a cost of more than $2.6 million, Water District Superintendent Frank Mancini said.
Business
Downtown developers say they should not bear cost of water main upgrades, business committee questions water district’s finances
Downtown developers are pushing back on the Riverhead Water District requiring payment for infrastructure improvements the district says are needed to serve the new development. The Business Advisory Committee will write to the Town Board asking it to investigate.
News
Water authority’s NoFo pipeline is not actually under construction; last week’s ‘groundbreaking’ was ‘ceremonial kickoff,’ SCWA spokesman says
The Suffolk County Water Authority’s groundbreaking in Laurel last week on an eight-mile pipeline to deliver public water to the North Fork wasn’t a groundbreaking at all, a water authority spokesperson told RiverheadLOCAL this week.
Environment
Construction on Manorville public water extension in Riverhead Town could begin by year’s end, though funding shortfall remains
Construction of public water mains to serve the southwest corner of Riverhead Town could start by the end of the year, Suffolk County Water Authority officials told residents at a meeting in Manorville last night. But a funding shortfall of $2.8 million remains.
Environment
Riverhead lands $5 million in grants to connect homes in Manorville and Calverton to public water
Riverhead has been awarded more than $3.8 million in grant funding for the extension of public water to 64 homes Manorville area, and a separate $1.2 million grant to extend public water to homes on Forge Road in Calverton.
News
Informational meeting set for Manorville residents about status of public water extensions
A community information meeting on the status of a public water extension to serve homes in the Manorville area will take place on Wednesday, March 22 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Manorville Fire Department, according to an announcement by the water authority.
Environment
After public opposition at hearing, proposed water conservation code will be revised
Riverhead’s proposed water conservation law will be revised after some residents on Tuesday said the law was too strict and did not take into account certain irrigation needs not satisfied by the every-other-day watering schedule mandated by the law.