Industrial Waste Program

Richard Strzepek, PE, Program Director

(631) 852-4160

Suffolk County Sewer Agency

William McBrien, PE, Secretary

631-852-4187

Applications are accepted and processed for review by the Suffolk County Sewer Agency for sanitary wastewater projects for subdivisions, condominiums, and proposed contractees to existing sewer districts.

Sanitary Engineering/Construction

Edward P Byrne, PE

631-852-4189

Administration and design and inspection of capital improvements to sewer district facilities, review and construction inspection of sanitary projects for Sewer Agency and sewer district projects. All plans for sanitary construction for subdivisions and multi-use/owner construction projects in county sewer districts must be submitted for review, approval and inspection by this office. All plans for proposed sanitary construction for multi-owner subdivisions (Sewer Agency) in Suffolk County must be submitted for review, approval and inspection by this office.

Note:

         1. Concurrent Suffolk County Department of Health Services review and approval of plans is required.

         2. All sewer connections must be approved and an S-9 form issued in order to obtain Department of

              Health Services approval and a Certificate of Occupancy from the respective towns.

Subdivision Inspection

Fred Kiepe

631-852-4191

Sewer Connection Permit Administration and Sanitary Markout

Richard Marrero or Al Ogeka

600 Bergen Avenue

West Babylon, NY 11704

631-854-4185

All individual lots proposed for connection to sewer districts must have a survey marked up with the location of the existing sewer facilities available for connection. This is required by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services for for the respective town to issue a building permit.

Utility Markout - "ONE CALL" - 1-800-272-4480

As required by NYS, Suffolk County DPW must locate and mark the underground facilities when notified of a nearby excavation. The excavator must notify the designated "One Call" office of their proposed excavation with sufficient time to allow the required markout.

Operations and Maintenance

Sewer District No. 3 - Southwest

David Krol, Director of Operations and Maintenance

600 Bergen Avenue, West Babylon, NY

631-854-4157

All other Sewer Districts

John DeMaio

Director of Operations and Maintenance

631-852-4104

       Sewer Problems - Any problems, related to sewer line blockages or backups, that are encountered by those connected to the County sewer districts are to follow the following procedure:

Call your plumber to verify the problem concurrently

Notify the District (631-852-4109) to witness the plumbers work

If the problem is on the connectees property it is not a County responsibility

If the problem is off the connectees property the County will provide reimbursement for the plumber and/or correct the problem

Twenty-one sewage treatment plants and sewer districts, over seventy pumping stations and over1250 miles of sewers are operated and maintained. These systems are regulated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services and a multitude of federal and safety organizations. The plants range in size from 35,000 gallons per day up 30.5 million gallons per day. Tours are available at Districts 3 and 21 (SUNY) by calling the above phone numbers.

This page was last updated on 06/28/01.

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