Community Corner

Question of the Day: Do You Purify Your Water?

With water quality issues ever-present in our shallow aquifer, North Fork Patch wants to know your water-cleansing habits.

During a recent presentation at the , Town Trustee John Bredemeyer discussed the importance of testing and dredging in New Suffolk — a shallow body of water that was closed temporarily this past winter to shellfishing due to high bacteria counts (stay tuned for the full story on his presentation).

With everything from stormwater runoff to animal waste to mixing into our creeks, bays and drinking water, do you still ? Or are you hooked into pipelines — and if so, do you filter that water? Or do you stock up on the bottled water?

Feel free to share your thoughts in the boxes below. And stay hydrated.

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