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Town board approves multiple water-district projects; residents press for PFAS progress
Summary
The Town of Hempstead board approved funding and environmental findings for water-system upgrades across several districts, including advanced treatment for East Meadow and main replacements; residents raised ongoing concerns about PFAS contamination and asked for progress reports.
The Town of Hempstead Town Board on May 13, 2025 voted to close public hearings and adopt measures enabling several water-district improvement projects, including an East Meadow Water District plan to install advanced oxidation process treatment and iron-removal equipment and a replacement of about a quarter-mile of water main on Prospect Avenue.
The moves follow a presentation from the Department of Water and prompted public questions about contaminants. Commissioner Reinhardt, Department of Water, told the board that the East Meadow projects include “the installation of an advanced oxidation process treatment and iron removal at 1 of our wells in East Meadow” and that, “going back to 2015, we were addressing the Grumman plume.” He also said the town board has committed “over a quarter of a billion dollars to removing those chemicals from our…
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