What happens now to the Lloyd water that SCWA wants to use?
It just flows out into the Long Island Sound and mixes with the salt water there. Q. How much water does the SCWA plan to pump from the Lloyd Aquifer? Our application with the DEC is for a 300 gallon per minute well. On average, we will pump about 100 gallons per minute. Our typical Magothy well comparatively, draws about 1,500 gallons per minute. Q. What will the impact be on the aquifer? There will be minimal impact at the well head (draw down) but no impact on the Lloyd Aquifer overall. Over 8,000,000 gallons of water enter the Lloyd Aquifer in the Huntington area each day through normal recharge, far more than the 500,000 gallons we plan to withdraw each day. By contrast, Nassau County Lloyd aquifer wells withdraw approximately 12,000,000 gallons of water each day of the 14,000,000-gallon daily recharge. Q. Some people, principally in Nassau County, have expressed opposition to the SCWA application. Why? There is a belief that if this application is approved that it will “open the
