Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said last fall that the county will install 1,200 nitrogen-reducing onsite systems in 2020. This would more than double the number of advanced systems installed monthly under the current grant program, he says, according to the newspaper Newsday.
The county, which occupies the eastern end of Long Island, has been troubled with near-shore pollution coming in part from onsite wastewater systems. Thousands of homes in the county rely on cesspools for treatment, and the county and some municipalities have passed laws requiring the use of nitrogen-reducing systems in new construction and for significant remodeling.
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