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Riverhead issues water conservation plea, shuts down largest irrigation users

by Jul 23, 2016
“We’re in dire straits,” Supervisor Sean Walter said in a phone interview this afternoon. “Everything in the water district is running flat-out right now" and the district still can't fill up its storage tanks.

Riverhead Water District, pumping near capacity, imposes odd/even day restrictions on lawn irrigation

by Jul 20, 2016
The Riverhead Water District is imposing an odd/even water schedule for business and residential properties, effective immediately.