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SERVING GREATER FARMINGDALE. BETHPAGE & MELVILLE
Vol. 2 No. 32 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. Thursday, June 24, 1965
WATER SHORTAGE ?
NOT IN FARMINGDALE The Board of Water Commissioners of the South
Farmingdale Water District, at its meeting last
Tuesday night, released the statement that there
is no immediate water crisis in the area served
by the Water District and no restrictions or ration­ing
is anticipated. In case of unexpected break­down
there might have to be temporary restric­tions
until repairs can be made.
Numerous inquiries have been made of the Water
District within the past few weeks as a result of
the publicity concerning restrictions in New York
City. New York City's source of water supply
is the upstate reservoirs which basically receive
their water supply from the prior winter's runoff.
The current dry spell is one of the longest in the
history of the weather bureau. However, the source
of local water is the tremendous underground
reservoir where the water is located in the inter-granular
voids of the sand and gravel particles.
Due to the tidal salt water surrounding Long
Island, the primary means of replenishment of this
fresh water supply is by recharging from the ap­proximately
45 inches of annual precipitation.
Ground water provides a natural reservoir large
enough to hold a number of years of water supply
and thus enable self- compensation through wet and
dry periods. This is not possible in the case of
New York City without heavy investment in man-made
reservoirs. The ground water table is
depressed a few feet in the South Farmingdale area,
but this is a normal variation in the unsewered
areas where it follows the cycles of drought and
rainfall.-
In order to prevent the outward flow of the under­ground
water supply and stop salt water intrusion
at the shoreline, Nassau County Department of
Public Works and the U. S. Geological Survey is
experimenting with injecting water into the water­bearing
formation to create a barrier.
In general, Long Island is com­posed
of unconsolidated deposits
of sand, gravel and clay over­lying
the bedrock surface. These
deposits form the three major
water- bearing strata in the South
Farmingdale area which are ( 1)
Upper Pleistocene ( 2) Magothy
and ( 3) Lloyd Sand. Recent con­tamination
of shallow private
wells have been in the Upper
Pleistocene ( glacial) strata. The
deep wells of the South Farming-dale
Water District are located
in the Magothy Formation, which
is the midle water- bearing strata.
The depth of this formation pro­vides
protection from the con­tamination
in the upper water­bearing
strata.
The South Farmingdale Water
District is administered by a
three man Board of Water Com­missioners
. The Commissioners
are elected by the consumers for
three year terms, which are stag­gered
so that one Commissioner
is elected each year. Thepresent
Board consists of Chairman Ells­worth
W. Allen, Treasurer Al­bert
W. Nasser and Secretary
George M. Weber. In addition
to the administration- of the Dis­trict,
including the preparation of
the Annual Budgets, the Board
of Water Commissioners, sub­ject
to the approval of the Town
Board and other regulatory agen­cies,
review planned programs
of improvements as prepared by
the Consulting Engineers, Holz-macher,
McLendon & Murrell,
to assure the continued adequacy
of the District's facilities for
both domestic and Are protection
purposes.
The recent completion and
placing in operation of two new
wells eliminates the need for
water restrictions in the South
Farmingdale Water District, pro­viding
the water is not used
promiscuously and wasted. This
latest, in a series of new pump­ing
and storage facilities, im­plements
the policy of the water
commissioners to plan ahead and
be prepared to supply the water
demands expected within the rea­sonable
future. Despite the ris­ing
costs of operation and main­tenance
during a ten- year period
of heavy expansion of facilities,
the water rates for water used
have been reduced from time to
time as revenues permitted.
Fireama Set For July 4
The Sixth Annual •• Fireama"
will be held by the Farming-dale
Volunteer Fire Department
on Sunday, July 4.
A colorful parade of local civic,
youth and firematic organizations
will begin at 6 p. m. Following
the parade there will be a Hoot-enany,
kiddie rides with the grand
finale a display of fireworks.
James Keats ( left) and Gene Leyendecker receive Youth Council and Nation­al
Recreation Association awards at last Thursday's Farmingdale Youth Coun­cil
meeting held at Village Hall, ^ for outstanding contribution to Farmingdale
youth." Fred Hackett and Frank Nuzzi ( not pictured) also received Youth
Council plaques for ' outstanding service to the youth of Farmingdale*. Hackett
is a past president and a charter member of the Youth Council. Nuzzi has
been associated with the Police Boys Club unit of Farmingdale for several
years.
"
Former Farmingdale GOP leader ' Doc' Allen ( left) and Nancy
and Gregory Carman ( center^ smile approvingly at the designation
of Frank Ilynes ( r) from the post of TOB Councilman.