In addition to its 5 part series on LI water quality airing on the 5 oclock news the 23rd through the 27th and on line, News12 is also writing pieces that go further into depth into certain issues. Emily Dooley here addresses the challenges LI water faces when we have 254 Superfund sites to contend with.

LI’s 254 Superfund sites threaten its drinking waterLong Island’s sole source of drinking water lies beneath many of the most contaminated places in New York State. Landfills, aerospace manufacturing, industrial operations and dry cleaners have dumped or leaked heavy metals, volatile organic chemicals and inorganic materials onto soil and into groundwater, threatening water supplies for the Island’s nearly 3 million residents.

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