The U.S. Department of Energy announced in March that it would be offering approximately 500 Manorville property owners free hookup to public drinking water.
This action is being taken to give residents additional confidence in the quality of their drinking water, and is not related to the High Flux Beam Reactor tritium plume on the Laboratory site.
The new hookup area includes the area bounded to the north by North Street, on the east by Wading River Road, on the south by Sunrise Highway, and on the west by Sleepy Hollow Drive to Moriches-Middle Island Road to Cranford Boulevard.
As of April 11, 1997 the Suffolk County Water Authority had completed 34 private property connections out of approximately 500 in the new hookup area.
Applications have been mailed to all property owners within the hookup area, and work began earlier this month. The hookups are expected to be completed by the end of 1997.
There have been no additional hookups in Phases I, II, or III. However, DOE has continued to receive calls from those who, for whatever reason, have not completed application cards.