New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. (I, D, WF, WE-Sag Harbor) today announced that New York State has awarded $5 million to the SUNY Stony Brook's Center for Clean Water Technology to help develop state-of-the-art emerging contaminant treatment and filtration systems for drinking water.

Funding, administered by the new SUNY Stony Brook Center for Clean Water Technology, will support grants for water suppliers to develop and conduct pilot projects to test cutting-edge contaminant filtration and treatment technologies, research needed for the development, evaluation and advancement of these technologies; and commercialization of viable technologies to create economic development opportunities for the region and state.

New York State, over the few years has committed $3.5 million from the Environmental Protection Fund to support the Center for Clean Water Technology, which was established in 2014 by Governor Cuomo in partnership with Suffolk County and the Town of Southampton. Assemblyman Thiele was instrumental in working with then Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst, Suffolk County and the NYSDEC to help launch the Center.

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele , Jr. said, “The new funding for the Stony Brook Center for Clean Water Technology will help fast-track the development and implementation of advanced, alternative wastewater treatment systems which will not only address our nitrogen crisis, but also emerging pollutants which are threatening our ground and surface water quality."