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Board approves $6.5 million to remove water contaminants BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND The Environmental Protection Agency plans to sink four wells in the eastern part of Garden City to monitor underground water pollution, according to Garden City trustees. At the Eastern Property Owners’ Association meeting held at Cluett Hall on Tuesday, October 8, Village Trustees John Delany and Mark Hyer spoke about communications from the Environmental Protection Agency about an upcoming project to install four monitoring wells at three locations in the East. The EPA’s plan is to monitor water conditions at well sites positioned in the East to track emission of an underground water plume from the old Mitchel Field (Mitchel Air Force Base) which was actively used from 1917 through 1961. Trustee Delany explained that the EPA wells would be drilled 400-feet into the ground to monitor and moderate a toxic plume that is “moving south from the old Mitchel Field location.” The first of the four proposed EPA monitoring well sites would be on Garden Street, 100 feet from Grove Street. The second well would be at the intersection of Tremont Street and Garden Street; and the final two would be in the area of the Willow Street/ Tremont Street intersection. Village of Garden City officials are keeping track of EPA plans and developments for the drilling of new
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The GCHS Girls Varsity Soccer Team remains tied for first place in its conference. Above, Maddy Brock and Lauren McDonald celebrate a win. See page 68.
Garden City’s plan to address contaminants including 1,4 dioxane in the municipal water supply, which impacts the water residents drink, cook with, bathe with and use each day in local schools, restaurants and businesses, has moved ahead after multiple presentations, research from consultants and staff, and now the necessary costs being allocated by the local government. At its October 3 meeting the Board of Trustees approved a $6.5 million bond resolution specifically for Village Wells 13 and 14, allocated from the Village of Garden City capital budget account. Overall the Board of Trustees approved purchases of equipment and engineering services for water treatment at village wells No. 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 last week. Superintendent of Public Works Joseph DiFrancisco spoke about the process of planning treatments to village water wells and removing emerging contaminants, as consultants H2M have consistently advised the village during the course of the year. At the current stage of water well treatments and oversight, the Board confirmed engineering services from H2M with two distinct expenses -- pilot testing a new wellhead treatment system for 1,4-dioxane removal at Wells 13 and 14, for $194,500 and another $194,500 for its pilot testing a new wellhead treatment system for 1,4-dioxane removal at Wells 8 and 12. The Board approved a purchase of $1,212,600 for the main technology needed to address critical water issues -- an Ultraviolet Advanced Oxidation Equipment from Canadian vendor Trojan Technologies in Ontario. This is a single source supplier, offering the only system approved for use by the New York State Department of Health for the removal of 1,4 dioxane. According to DiFrancisco, the timeline of new state water standards does not allow for the regular processes of state bidding and responses to purchase filtration equipment from low bidders, which usually have lead time of three to five months. Purchasing rules of the municipality needed to be waived in this case as the vendor would be able to make and deliver the system within a few weeks. Before voting on the associated costs of equipment and 1,4 dioxane removal, Deputy Mayor Robert Bolebruch said he took issue with the fact that there is no set deadline of January 1 for imposing See page 44
Village celebrates careers of retiring GCPD officers PAGE 53 Friends of STEAM rolling ahead with programs PAGE 3