Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant

All information shared during the interviews will be kept confidential, the Navy said in a press release. The Navy is seeking information to help ensure a thorough and effective environmental restoration of the property, it said.

The Defense Department's new policy allows the Navy to further delay action to remedy drinking water contamination by plume migrating off Calverton site.

The Navy is seeking community feedback on the cleanup of the former Grumman site in Calverton via a 7-question survey. The next public meeting of the community advisory board is set for Oct. 29.

Representatives of the Navy and its contractor, Tetra-Tech, will provide the public with an update on the progress of environmental restoration and remediation at the former Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, which was operated by Northrop Grumman (formerly Grumman Aerospace) for nearly five decades.

“Every resident of the Manorville section of Riverhead worries every single time they turn on the tap." Kelly McClinchy of Manorville has organized residents in a campaign to get public water to their remote community.

The Navy is looking to sample private drinking water wells in designated areas near the former Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant(NWIRP)/Grumman facility in Calverton to test for the presence of PFAs — per-fluoroalkyl and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, which have been detected in portions of the groundwater in the area.