Village Addresses Hot-Button Issues
Farmingdale village residents worrying about what’s coming our of the faucets will soon get the answers they’ve been looking for, as the Monday, Feb. 2 public board of trustees meeting kicked off with a recent hot-button topic: Public Drinking Water.
Chris Boyle, Farmingdale@antonmediagroup.comLet Water Cross Border
The future of our water supply on Long Island must be regional -- not a collection of nonsensically tiny water districts whose reason for being is as much patronage as water. And that issue has now been joined, thanks to an action by the Village of Farmingdale.
Newsday.com - May 14, 2012Farmingdale home rule plan to test waters
The bulk of Nassau's 54 small water districts are under GOP control, according to critics of the system who note that district officials often are provided with cars and medical benefits. "They have more government than the Soviet Union," said veteran Albany lobbyist Desmond Ryan.
Newsday.com - May 12, 2012Village Poses Water District Improvements
...Starting next spring, and will no longer be based on a tiered rate system. The village plans on creating a two rate system: one for commercial businesses and another for residents, to establish a single rate per thousand gallons of water used.
Farmingdale Observer - December 4, 2014Farmingdale Seeks Water Authority Coverage
Farmingdale has formally requested that Albany expand the Suffolk County Water Authority's service area to include the Nassau village.
NewsdayState of the Village Water Department
The Trustees and I have been spending a great deal of time studying issues relating to our Water Department. These include infrastructure improvements, quarterly billing, rates and future water needs of the Village.
Water Department - March 23, 2015