[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, CONTRACTOR: "Water testing to be conducted near Grumman site in Calverton"

[Lenny Siegel]

Water testing to be conducted near Grumman site in Calverton

By Jean-Paul Salamanca
Long Island Newsday (NY)
February 27, 2020 

The wells of about 60 homes near the former Grumman property in Calverton once operated by the U.S. Navy will be tested for possible contaminants in April, Suffolk County Department of Health Services and Suffolk County Water Authority officials said.

Several property owners living near the site asked U.S. Navy officials to conduct private well testing in areas south of the former Grumman property, said Gioia Knutson, a Suffolk County health department spokeswoman.

The health department plans to have samples analyzed for PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, along with contaminants such as 1,4 dioxane, MTBE and other volatile organic contaminants, which will be analyzed by the department’s Public and Environmental Health laboratory, Knutson said. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/grumman-calverton-water-testing-1.42265681

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel at cpeo.org
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