Riverhead Water District

Riverhead Water District’s annual spring flushing begins April 12 and continues through April 25, with most work scheduled overnight.

The Suffolk County Water Authority is urging all of its customers to reduce their water usage, which has reached “dangerously high levels” due to hot, dry weather.

Beginning on the evening of Monday, April 21, and continuing for three weeks through May 10, the Riverhead Water District will be flushing out its system, cleaning its mains of any accumulated sediments. 

Samples of groundwater from the Scott’s Pointe amusement park site in Calverton tested positive for low levels of PFAS and negative for other harmful pollutants, according to test results recently received by the Town of Riverhead.

The water district extension will serve homes in the Forge Road area where private wells are affected by PFAS and arsenic contamination.

Riverhead Town has received $1.4 million from the state for its riverfront amphitheater project, and $187,000 for water infrastructure upgrades for the expansion of the Suffolk Theater, the state announced Tuesday morning. 

Riverhead Water District rates going up for high-usage customers, yard waste annual permit fees increasing, more than a dozen code amendments implementing comprehensive plan recommendations adopted and more from the Dec. 17 Town Board meeting.

An agreement to test for ground water contamination at the Scott’s Pointe site in Calverton was only recently signed by both the town and the park operator, despite the fact that it was required to be signed before certificates of occupancy were issued by the town, allowing the park to legally open.

The Riverhead Water District is making emergency repairs to a major supply well after a structural failure put it out of commission on June 19. Water District Superintendent describes what happened and explains what the district is doing to get the well back online.

Two new full-time police officers were appointed and sworn into the Riverhead Police Department, and a hearing on water district improvements was scheduled.