Farmingdale Gets $1M Grant For Water Treatment

The money is funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and is meant to help improve communities in public health, negative economic impacts, water, sewer, broadband infrastructure, natural disaster relief and other emergency situations. "This check will specifically help the village in the $18 million upgrade to the water treatment system and removal of 1,4-dioxane and other contaminants," the village wrote. The 1,4-dioxane in Farmingdale Village water is below the limit of 1 part per million, Mayor Ralph Ekstrand said. However, the Claremont Polychemical plume from Old Bethpage is...