Last March, the U.S. Department of Energy offered approximately 450 Manorville home and business owners free connection to public drinking water, and those hookups are now well under way.
As of June 12, 1997, the Suffolk County Water Authority had completed an estimated 236 private property connections and approximately one-sixth of the water main installations in the new hookup area. A total of 74,000 feet of main will be installed.
Meanwhile, yard restoration work in E. Yaphank and N. Shirley is continuing, and road restoration work is taking place in the Weeks Avenue section of Manorville, where hookups were completed last fall.
There have been no additional hookups in these areas, although applications are still trickling in from residents who have not yet been connected.
All of the hookups are expected to be completed by the end of 1997, although
some restoration work may be delayed until spring of 1998, depending on
weather conditions.