Water providers can do just so much.
We commend the Hicksville Water District and other water providers throughout Long Island for their dedication to providing our community with high-quality drinking water [“Hicksville targets PFAS,” News, May 14]. The pursuit of emerging contaminant treatment has been an unprecedented effort for this industry. However, efforts like Hicksville’s highlight the fact that we still need financial help when it comes to advancing our PFAS treatment capabilities. As regulations go up, so does the cost of treatment. And now, with the rest of the country needing to catch up, the already-limited supply chain of this treatment technology is going to become even more difficult to navigate. Water providers are doing everything they can to pass off as little of the cost of treatment as possible to their ratepayers. Unfortu-nately, there is only so much we can do. We look forward to continuing to work with our regulators to secure more grant funding for the benefit of Long Islanders everywhere.
– JASON BELLE, DIX HILLS
Reprinted from Newsday Letters.