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Cyanobacteria Blooms Found In Some Southampton Town Waters

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A house on Meadow Lane in Southampton Village uses 7,962,609.60 gallons of water.

A house on Meadow Lane in Southampton Village uses 7,962,609.60 gallons of water.

Inside the gardens of a home on Tuthill Lane in Remsenburg. MICHELLE TRAURING

Inside the gardens of a home on Tuthill Lane in Remsenburg. MICHELLE TRAURING

authorAlyssa Melillo on May 21, 2015
Cyanobacteria blooms, more commonly known as blue-green algae, have been found in Mill Pond in Water Mill and Lake Agawam in Southampton Village, the State Department of Environmental Conservation has... more

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