The SCWA Laboratory

Host Jeff Szabo visits SCWA's state-of-the-art water testing laboratory in Hauppauge to follow the typical path of an SCWA water sample. Jeff speaks with top lab staff about their work to keep Suffolk County's water safe, including Director of Water Quality and Laboratory Services Kevin Durk, Laboratory Managers Tom Schneider and Chris Niebling (3:40​). Supervisor of Bacteriology & Sample Collection Gavin Marsden discusses how SCWA collects water samples from every community in our service territory (6:00​), and the important work of the bacteriology lab (10:10​). Assistant Supervising Chemist Amanda Comando tells us how she developed a new way to test for emerging contaminants PFOA & PFOS that was better and faster than the standard EPA method (14:09​). Correspondent Seth Wallach hits the streets of Babylon to find out if Suffolk County residents drink their tap water (7:40​).