The Hicksville Water District Board of Commissioners announced that crews began replacing approximately 4 miles of water mains, fire hydrants and valves in the southeastern section of Hicksville, starting the week of August 15. The infrastructure improvements were announced during a meeting held at the Hicksville Community Center in May, in addition to hand-delivering a letter to residents who will be immediately affected during Phase 1. The project will save the District on costly and disruptive repairs, and will be performed in four separate phases over the next four years.
The current cast iron water mains, installed in the late 1940s and 1950s after WWII, will be replaced with state-of-the-art, cement-lined, ductile iron. Comprehensive studies of the current water mains infrastructural integrity and conditions were completed by the experts at H2M Architects & Engineers.
“The current cast-iron water mains have experienced extensive breaks over the past decade, particularly in this southeastern section of the District, attributed to settlement trenches,” said Chairman Nicholas J. Brigandi. “It would be more costly to continue to make repairs rather than replacing the infrastructure, which has very unmistakably reached the end of its lifecycle after decades of service.”
Replacing the existing water main puts the District on a fiscally responsible path for supplying high-quality water to its residents for the next several decades.
“We will remain dedicated to providing a continuous line of communication with the community and will implement real-time updates through our Facebook page, in addition to assigning a point person to be reachable for comments or questions,” added Brigandi. “We want to make every effort possible to notify customers with at least 24 hours in advance if there will be any interruption of traffic patterns, service or driveway access.”
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