Officials held ceremonies in two separate Long Island water districts on the same morning last week — at one, to unveil a multimillion-dollar renovation of one of its facilities, and at the other, to show off what officials call a state-of-the-art treatment center.

Huntington town officials on Thursday cut the ribbon on the renovated Plant No. 3 in the Dix Hills Water District . Meanwhile, Plainview Water District officials introduced an upgraded treatment facility that they touted as the first of its kind on the Island.

The improvements come as water districts work to meet tougher drinking water standards set by federal and state regulators.

In 2020, New York State set a limit of 10 parts per trillion for PFOS and PFOA, two of the most common forever chemicals, Newsday previous

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