smithtown ground water contamination

ST. JAMES, NISSEQUOGUE & HEAD OF HARBOR

The Smithtown Groundwater Contamination site is an area of contaminated groundwater which has impacted drinking water in the Town of Smithtown in a location that includes the Villages of Nissequogue and Head of the Harbor and the Hamlet of St. James. There are approximately 500 homes in the immediate vicinity of the site. Many homes in Smithtown use private wells for a potable water supply and septic systems for sanitary waste disposal. The site is situated south of Stony Brook Harbor and east of the Nissequogue River. While the site is located in a residential area, active commercial areas are located within one mile to the east and south. Site Responsibility: This site is being addressed through Federal actions

• Lightman Drum Company (Winslow Township, NJ)
• Tyndall Air Force Base (Panama City, FL)
• Johnstown City Landfill (Town Of Johnstown, NY)
• Lane Street Ground Water Contamination (Elkhart, IN)
• Yaworski Waste Lagoon (Canterbury, CT)

• Treasure Island Naval Station-hunters Point Annex (San Francisco, CA)
• Van Dale Junkyard (Marietta, OH)
• Freeway Sanitary Landfill (Burnsville, MN)
• Mackenzie Chemical Works (Central Islip, NY)