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BELLONE, SUFFOLK OFFICIALS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTSANNOUNCE THE INSTALLATION OF ADVANCED ONSITE SEPTICSYSTEM FOR SUFFOLK SEPTIC SYSTEM LOTTERY WINNER

Resident receives an advanced onsite septic system as part of SuffolkCounty’s Septic Pilot Program and Reclaim Our Water Initiative

(Long Island, NY) On August 20, 2015, County Executive Steve Bellone was joinedby Legislator Leslie Kennedy, Environmentalists, and Suffolk officials to witness the installation Hydro­Action’sadvanced onsite septic system. This system is one of the 19 systems that were awarded through the SuffolkCounty Advanced Septic Pilot Program Lottery.

The pilot program is part of Suffolk County’s Reclaim Our Water initiative, a comprehensive plan to improve theCounty’s water quality, restore the region’s natural storm barriers by eradicating nitrogen pollution by means ofsewering targeted areas and implementing advanced on­site wastewater treatment systems. County ExecutiveBellone has made protection and improvement of the water supply a top priority for Suffolk County.

Peter Scully, Deputy County Executive for Water Quality, Legislator Leslie Kennedy, County Executive Steve Bellone, James Minet

(homeowner), Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Chris Clapp, Marine Scientist­Nature Conservancy, Mike

Kaufman, member of Suffolk County Council on Environmental Quality, Sarah Lansdale, Director of Planning, Mr. Minet, Boris

Rukovets, Public Works Special Projects Supervisor, Pete Sabo, Business Development Manager­Hydro Action. Photo Credit:

Suffolk County.

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“This initiative represents a significant step in improving the quality of water, an important resource for economyand health,” County Executive Bellone said. “This pilot program will demonstrate the benefits of protecting oneof our great natural resources and will provide individual homeowners as well as the rest of Suffolk County anopportunity to improve both the environment of their homes as well as that of Suffolk County. I applaud the Minetfamily and the 19 homeowners who were winners in our advanced septic lottery for being pioneers as they willbe the ones who will have helped us to solve this problem in our region.”

“It was a wonderfully informative morning watching as the Hydro­Action aerobic treatment unit was installed atthe Nesconset home of the Minot’s, stated Legislator Leslie Kennedy. “Finally, the county is starting to turn thecorner in terms of protecting our sole source aquifer and leaving the twentieth century behind!”

The Hydro­Action system, which was installed today, uses extended aeration activated sludge process in whichmicroorganisms that treat wastewater remain in the treatment process for longer period of time thereforereducing nitrogen by up to 80%. The Hydro­Action system outperforms traditional septic tanks in prolongingdrain field life, meeting environmental requirements, and handling issues like poor soil or high groundwater.

Peter Scully, Deputy County Executive for Water Quality, Adrienne Esposito, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Mike

Kaufman, member of Suffolk County Council on Environmental Quality, Legislator Leslie Kennedy, County Executive Steve

Bellone, James Minet (homeowner), Chris Clapp, Marine Scientist­Nature Conservancy, E.S. Kalogeras, Consulting Engineer, Pete

Sabo, Business Development Manager­Hydro Action, Sarah Lansdale, Director of Planning. Photo Credit: Suffolk County.

“This is an advanced system that efficiently and in a low­cost manner solves the pollution of nitrogen loading,which causes a host of problems such as fish die offs and contamination,” said Pete Sabo, BusinessDevelopment Manager at Hydro Action. This system tests at an 80 percent reduction of nitrogen.”

“There’s nothing more important to the sustainability and livability for Long Island than clean water,” saidAdrienne Esposito of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment. “These new innovative wastewater treatmentfacilities are the key to a cleaner and safer future. What we are seeing is that we are not only discussing thetopic, but we are solving the problem. We have to thank the County Executive and his team for doing this.”

Suffolk County’s Advanced Septic Pilot program will test systems in different types of terrain so that they can bepermitted for general use within the county. Many of these advanced wastewater treatment systems wereobserved by county experts on a tour of septic programs conducted in other states in the Northeast.

The 19 systems were donated by four national manufacturers, Hydro­Action Industries BUSSE GreenTechnologies, Norweco, and Orenco Systems, all of whom have extensive experience across the country, aswell as Europe, in removing excess nitrogen from residential and commercial properties. The advancedwastewater treatment systems are valued at up to $15,000 per system.

The firms will also work with Suffolk County officials and the County’s Department of Labor, Licensing andConsumer Affairs throughout the process to develop an extensive job training program to bring more septic andwastewater­oriented employment opportunities to Suffolk County. The program will additionally help to create ahomeowner awareness program to provide residents information on proper septic system maintenanceprotocols in an effort to reduce nitrogen levels.

“We would like to thank the County Executive and his team for embracing the science behind our degradingwaters and have made it no longer acceptable to not be able to swim, fish or recreate in our waters, said ChrisClapp, Marine Scientist, Nature Conservancy. “We know that 65 percent of all the nitrogen entering our groundand surface waters comes from outdated systems, and being able to reduce that load from 50 to 75 percent is ahuge improvement in solving the nitrogen pollution problem at its source.”

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“My wife and I are very excited to participate in this program as we are bringing up (our family) in SuffolkCounty,” said Jim Minet, Nesconset resident and homeowner. “We are concerned about the water quality andwe think this goes a long way to take us down the road to improvement. This process is well worth it in the longrun.”

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