Water Conservation Urged as North Fork Pipeline Deadline Approaches, Talking Septic Systems in Southampton
Good Morning!
• We’re expecting showers and possibly a thunderstorm this morning, mainly before 11 a.m., with a high temperature near 82 degrees and an east wind 3 to 7 miles per hour. The chance of precipitation is 80 percent and new rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch are possible. It will be mostly cloudy overnight, with a low around 70 and a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Friday and Saturday will be partly sunny, with a highs in the low 80s.
• Although several days of rain are predicted for the next week, the Suffolk County Water Authority, in a July 7 correspondence to Southold Town, stated a Stage 1 Water Alert may soon be declared for Southold. If enacted, this would prohibit all non-essential water use within the Town, including lawn irrigation, to ensure water is available for emergencies and other priority uses. The town urged residents on Wednesday to conserve water. Read More.
• The warning is also a reminder that comments are due tomorrow on the Water Authority’s scoping process for its Environmental Impact Statement review of its proposed North Fork Pipeline. Here’s More Info.
• The Southampton Town Board will hear a presentation on legislation regarding nitrogen-reducing septic systems at its 10 a.m. work session this morning. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live on Sea-TV’s YouTube channel.
• The Riverhead Town Board will discuss possible changes to the town’s Community Benefit Overlay Zoning Use District and an update to proposed plans for a new headquarters for the Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps at its 10 a.m. work session this morning. Here’s the agenda, and the meeting can be viewed live here.
• Tickets are sold out for tonight’s Blast for CAST in Greenport, but the online auction to support the North Fork’s largest safety net organization is open to everyone through 8:45 p.m. tonight. Here’s the Auction.
• Tonight at 9 p.m. is the Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt’s monthly Full Moon hike in Vineyard Field at the South Fork Natural History Museum. Find Out More.
• The Hamptons Greek Festival in Southampton starts today and runs through Sunday. Here’s More Info.
• Tomorrow is Sea Shanty night with the band Bangers & Mash at the East End Seaport Museum in Greenport, but you’ve gotta register here to be a part of the festivities.
The high tides on the East End for the next two days are as follows:
July 10
Plum Gut Harbor: 10:31 a.m., 10:38 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 9:39 a.m., 9:46 p.m.
Greenport: 11:08 a.m., 11:15 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: Noon
Sag Harbor: 11:03 a.m., 11:10 p.m.
New Suffolk: 12:30 p.m.
South Jamesport: 12:03 a.m., 12:37 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 9:29 a.m., 9:40 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 7:38 a.m., 7:49 p.m.
July 11
Plum Gut Harbor: 11:14 a.m., 11:20 p.m.
Montauk Harbor: 10:22 a.m., 10:28 p.m.
Greenport: 11:51 a.m., 11:57 p.m.
Mattituck Inlet: 12:06 a.m., 12:41 p.m.
Sag Harbor: 11:46 a.m., 11:52 p.m.
New Suffolk: 12:37 a.m., 1:13 p.m.
South Jamesport: 12:44 a.m., 1:20 p.m.
Shinnecock Bay Entrance: 10:09 a.m., 10:19 p.m.
Shinnecock Inlet: 8:18 a.m., 8:28 p.m.
And that’s the way things look at dawn’s light here today.
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