The Suffolk County Water Authority has provided its customers with a safe and reliable water supply for more than 59 years. While we seek to supply this water at a reasonable cost, we are equally committed to making sure the drinking water that goes out to our 1.1 million customers meets scientif- ically based federal and state health standards. We are proud to announce that, once again, our drinking water has been found to be safe based upon these standards.
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In fact, your drinking water far exceeds state and feder- al water quality standards. That’s because the Suffolk County Water Authority’s quality standards are twice as strict as New York State standards, which are already some of the strictest in the United States.
To meet these high water quality standards, our state-of- the-art laboratory, the largest groundwater testing facility in the United States, analyzed more than 64,000 water samples to produce over 182,000 test results. Last year, the Water Authority’s laboratory tested water samples for 278 chemical constituents, more than twice what is required. The lab operates around the clock, 365 days a year, which is necessary consid- ering the Suffolk County Water Authority operates more than 598 wells and has over 5,800 miles of water main. [...]
Originally published: August 11, 2009 9:39 PM, Updated: August 12, 2009 6:03 AM
By BY TOM INCANTALUPO tom.incantalupo@newsday.com
More than 25,000 Long Island homeowners may have to buy flood insurance that costs up to $2,000 because their homes are in newly designated flood-prone areas in federal maps that go into effect next month.
However, the homeowners can reduce the cost of a flood policy by buying coverage before Sept. 11 in Nassau and Sept. 25 in Suffolk — when the new Federal Emergency Management Agency maps become official.
For those who meet the deadlines, the rates should be less than $400 per year, which buys $250,000 in coverage for the house and $100,000 for its contents, said Denis Miller, a local expert on the subject and owner of Denis A. Miller Insurance in Long Beach.
Photo credit: Newsday Photo, 2007 / Thomas A. Ferrara | Tom Cormack carries a neighbor, Shannon McGhean, 9, through water that flooded his backyard in Freeport. (April 2007)
Congress ordered FEMA to redraw the maps — and about 25,000 homes in Nassau and 325 in Suffolk have been reclassified into floodplain areas.
Most of the homes moved into flood areas are in southern portions of Nassau County, and insurance brokers and government officials are trying to get the word out to homeowners who have not been notified by their lenders.
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