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Still a joke compared to NY American rates. When I lived in Nassau, the moment they took over my bill tripled. Went from years of paying around 50 a quarter to over 50 a momth. .
Water was one of the last bargains here. My bill runs about $60 per quarter, so this amounts to a 33% increase.
Get ready because it's only the start. The water situation on LI is grim. It didn't have to be this way, but like with so many aspects of life on LI, your elected officials have failed you. Over-development and ridiculously dense housing has put huge demand on the artesian-wells that tap the aquifer. In some areas, this is leading to salt water incursion and lower water levels. I believe the SCWA lies about the pollutant levels, that millions of people are being put at risk because of this. With pockets of industry that created plumes, look at all of the gas stations that originally had those leaky tanks filled with MBTE-laced gasoline. Chemicals like MBTE stick around for years.
Take a drive out past Exit 62 on the LIE and you'll soon see what's left of the pine barrens. The pine barrens, some of the last open space on LI, was the aquifer's recharge basin. It basically filtered fresh water that would leach down into the aquifer. Well now notice how many high-density housing developments and senior care facilities have gone up, how many sand mines and waste yards inhabit this area. That's truly horrifying.
Nassau County is already talking to NYC about 'buying' water from the municipal source, a hugely expensive idea, but one that may be the only way out.
We did it to ourselves as well.
Years and years of just dumping chemicals and waste into our yards before we knew, before there was regulation.
I actually knew old timers back in the day who would talk about doing oil changes back in their day, and they would just dig a shallow hole somewhere in the yard and dump the oil in there and cover it up. Same with gasoline, antifreeze, etc...
One guy, long since gone, told me they used roll junk cars downhill into a local pond. And it was true because I could tap the top of the cars with my oar when paddling there. He said there had to be 8 or 10 that he knew of in there. Crazy.
And to this day you have skel businesses that still dump toxic waste on vacant or abandoned land. They should get the death penalty when caught.
So why isn't this bill going towards the companies and the owners of the companies who made the mess?
Good question! Many companies are long gone such as Dzus Fastener in West Islip. Apparently according to the article in the link below the site has recently been sold to a developer, but as the article states, the site has been "oozing nasty heavy metals and carcinogens such as cadmium, lead, chromium and cyanide into the soil since it was built in 1938"....
Also in my neck of the woods, they developed the site of the old seaplane base in Babylon Village as residential housing. I think I remember there being a serious breast cancer issue with residents who bought those houses.
And wasn't the "Mystic Pines" Condo Complex at the corner of Union Ave and Manor Lane in Bay Shore built on a site that was formerly some sort of aircraft plant?
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For municipal water a filter change is like $100 a year. And as it covers the whole house you don’t have to worry about breathing in stuff in the shower, etc.
Even if a 5 gallon jug is say $5, it‘ll likely cost more per year.
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Are those Aldi’s jugs spring water, distilled water or drinking water? For all you know if the latter they could be filled somewhere local. No guarantees.
Alright Alriight!!...
"RAINWATER"...
I'll start a series of collection barrels placed strategically on my property and start farming rainwater for drinking and showering. It will be in keeping with all the latest trends (natural, sustainable, organic, non-GMO, gluten free, etc.) Might even start a Craft Brewery, Distillery or Cidery.
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