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Port Washington Water District PROFILE
Here is a quick look at your Port Washington Water District
- All Port Washington Water District Water comes from 11 wells.
- All groundwater pumped to the distribution system from the operating District wells complies with New York State Department of Health standards for public drinking water.
- Port water is stored in 2 elevated tanks of 1 million and 250,000 gallon capacities each, and 2 undergound tanks of 1 million and 22 million gallons each.
- PWWD is on of the oldest water districts on Long Island, chartered in 1913.
- The District has approximately 120 miles of water mains ranging from 4" to 24" in diameter.
- The District has and maintains more than 1,000 Fire Hydrants throughout the District.
- In 2006, the District pumped a total of 1.352 billion gallons of water: Peak usage month is August with average consumption more than 2 times that of the lowest usage month, February.
- The District serves an area of 6 square miles including Port Washington, Manorhaven, Port Washington North, Baxter Estates and parts of Flower Hill and Plandome Manor.
- Your District maintains emergency connection facilities with the Sands Point, Roslyn and Manhasset-Lakeville Water Districts.
- Your District serves some 9,150 residential and 1,089 commerical customers with approximately 1.3 billion gallons of water annually.
- Every gallon of water consumed by District users is recorded by computer and billed accordingly.
- All of our water comes from underground wells. Unlike New York City, Long Island does not use reservoir water nor have a surface water system.
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