Long Island Wastewater Project Gets $4 Million in Economic Recovery Funding
May 12, 2009 Kyriaki (Sandy) Venetis 
The Lower Long Island Sound Drainage Basin. This map was created by the Westchester County Department of Planning.
NEW YORK- The Village of Greenport has been designated to receive $4 million to install “state-of-the-art” modifications to its local water treatment facility, with the goal of reducing the introduction of pollutants into the Long Island Sound, as well as creating and retaining an estimated 186 jobs, according to a coordinated announcement by Gov. David A. Paterson, Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.), and the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation.
The New York Clean Water State Revolving Fund will disperse the $4 million grant designated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
In addition to the stimulus funding, the Greenport project has also received grants from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, including a $1.1 million Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act grant, and a $400,000 Long Island Sound Restoration Program grant.