Hicksville Water District Superintendent Anthony Iannone recently had a visit from a local Girl Scout Brownie Troop. The girls were eager to learn where water originally comes from and the process it undergoes until it finally reaches their homes.
Iannone walked the Girl Scouts through Hicksville Water District’s Plant 8 where they saw how the water is literally extracted from the ground, the different pipes it travels through as it is being cleaned, treated and ultimately stored in a tank to be disseminated to the homes.
The tour culminated with the Girl Scouts receiving reusable water bottles from the district and having a question and answer session. The Girl Scouts said the most surprising fact for them was that Long Island’s drinking water source comes from the ground and not from the ocean.
