Drinking Water Is at Risk in Parts of Long Island, Study Finds

The supply of drinking water for parts of Long Island is under threat, according to a new federal report.The report found that the groundwater in some coastal areas of Nassau County, a major suburb of New York City, is increasingly turning salty. That shift, called saltwater intrusion, is the result of decades of pumping fresh water out of wells for homes and irrigation, creating space for saltwater from the…