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Supporters urge Suffolk voters to approve water-quality sales-tax referendum
Summary
Environmental groups, business leaders and labor representatives urged the county Legislature to place the Water Quality Restoration Act on the November ballot, saying a one‑eighth‑percent sales tax would fund sewering and on‑site advanced septic upgrades to reduce nitrogen pollution and protect drinking water and coastal ecosystems.
Supporters of the proposed Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act told the Legislature on June 4 that voters should be allowed to decide a plan they say would fund widespread sewering and modern on‑site wastewater systems to reduce nitrogen pollution.
At a public hearing, environmental advocates, municipal leaders and business groups described decades of water‑quality decline across Long Island and said the referendum is the last step in a broad, bipartisan effort in Albany and the County. ‘‘We have a way to a clear path forward, but we need the funding,’’ said Peter Topping, executive director of Peconic Baykeeper, summing up the argument…
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