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Development Environment North Fork North Fork Pipeline

Civics: How To Shape Environmental Review of North Fork Water Pipeline

Nearly 100 people showed up to the Peconic Lane Recreation Center June 2 for a North Fork Civics forum on what proposed new Suffolk County Water Authority pipelines might mean for the North Fork and how to best make their concerns known at scoping sessions being held by the Water Authority in the upcoming week. Pictured: A Water Authority pipeline being installed elsewhere on Long Island. |. Beacon file photo
SCWA officials Patrick Halpin (secong from right) and Joe Pokorny (right) discuss the new water main.
Development Environment North Fork North Fork Pipeline Riverhead Southold

Water Authority Lays Out Case for North Fork Pipeline Ahead of Public Meetings

Editor's Note 6/5/25: The final scoping session, on June 12 at 6 p.m. will be held at the Peconic Lane Recreation Center at 970 Peconic Lane in Peconic. This is a change of venue from the original location in Greenport The Suffolk County Water Authority (SCWA) is holding three public “scoping sessions” in June as it prepares an Environmental Impact Statement for two proposed water main extensions on the North
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Development Government North Fork Pipeline Riverhead Southold

Agritourism Resort Code & Proposed Water Pipeline Top North Fork Towns Discussion

You'd be forgiven as you drive down the rural corridors of the North Fork for missing the signs in Laurel marking your transition from one town to another, but it's not often that representatives of the two towns of Riverhead and Southold all sit together to hash out common concerns. Most of the Riverhead Town Board made a rare visit to talk with the Southold Town Board at its July
SCWA officials Patrick Halpin (secong from right) and Joe Pokorny (right) discuss the new water main.
Environment North Fork Pipeline

Ground is Broken on Major Project to Provide Water to the North Fork

Pictured Above: SCWA officials Patrick Halpin (second from right) and Joe Pokorny (right) discuss the new water main. The Suffolk County Water Authority held a ceremonial laying of the first pipe of the longest water main extension project in its history in Laurel on March 23, a $35 million, eight-mile-long pipeline designed to bring water from the Central Pine Barrens to the North Fork. When Water Authority Director of Strategic