rowe industries ground water contamination

SAG HARBOR-BRIDGEHAMPTON TURNPIKE

The 8-acre Rowe Industries Ground Water Contamination site, located on the eastern side of the Sag Harbor Bridgehampton Turnpike, was owned and operated by Rowe Industries, Inc. from the 1950s through the early 1960s. During that time, the company manufactured small electric motors and transformers. Rowe Industries, Inc. was purchased by Aurora Plastics, Inc. in the late 1960s, and by Nabisco, Inc. in the early 1970s. In 1980, the site was sold to Sag Harbor Industries, Inc., which currently uses the facility to manufacture electronic devices. Reports from former workers indicated that solvents were stored outside in a wooded area behind the facility; this area was determined to be the main source of the contamination. Ground water contamination was first discovered in the Sag Harbor area in 1983 when water samples collected from a private well by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services (SCDHS) revealed solvent contamination. As a result of these findings, the SCDHS and EPA conducted further investigations. The results of samples collected from 46 private wells and 21 observation wells in 1984 indicated that there was a volatile organic contaminant plume in the ground water that was approximately 500 feet wide. Approximately 6,000 people within a 3-mile radius of the site use ground water as their primary source of drinking water. Site Responsibility: This site is being addressed through federal and potentially responsible parties' actions.

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