United Water agrees to $40,000 penalty for improper pesticide use in Lake Deforest Reservoir
WEST NYACK — United Water New York has agreed to a civil penalty of $40,000 for improperly applying pesticides to the Lake Deforest Reservoir under the terms of a consent order with the state Department of Environmental Conservation, the agency said today. United Water New York owns and operates the reservoir, a major drinking water supply for thousands of Rockland homes and businesses. State Environmental Conservation Law regulates how and when chemicals and pesticides may be applied to the state’s water bodies. The DEC’s pesticide regulations authorize the application of copper...
Read MoreCoalition: “Just Say No” on Haverstraw Desalination Plant
The Rockland Water Coalition wants to thank the many Rockland elected officials who reached out to the NY Department of State Division of Coastal Resources this last week, in order to secure a longer public comment period for review of United Water’s application for the Haverstraw Water Supply Project. We are also writing to ask Rockland County elected officials to take a stand now on the issue of desalination for Rockland County. As you know, the public comment period for the Dept. of State Division of Coastal Resources was extended to April 20, to coincide with the close of the DEC...
Read MoreUnited Water’s marketing all wet
NOTE: This letter originally appeared in the March 31, 2012 edition of The Journal News, in slightly different form. Mr. Shanley is mistaken when he writes that there’s a “well-established need for more water” in Rockland County. United Water’s documentation submitted to New York State reads, “Projections of future water demand over the next two decades indicate that within that timeframe, the demand for water will outpace the available supply if no new water supply source is developed.” (Chapter 1, section 1-1, third paragraph) Our “well-established...
Read MoreThe Best Alternative To Meet Rockland’s Water Needs
Open letter to the elected representatives of Rockland County/Desalination: http://nanuet.patch.com/articles/the-best-alternative-to-meet-rockland-s-water-needs Share this:ShareFacebookRedditStumbleUponDiggEmailPrint
Read MoreAssemblywoman Ellen Jaffee on “The Capitol Pressroom” (Audio)
Below is an audio extract from “The Capitol Pressroom” on WCNY for March 7, 2012. Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) of Rockland County is angry over an attempt by United Water to use her in its push to build a desalination plant in Haverstraw. Share this:ShareFacebookRedditStumbleUponDiggEmailPrint
Read MoreUnited Water Gets Public Rebuke From Jaffee
Hours before a final NYS DEC public hearing about United Water’s plan to build a desalination plant in Haverstraw, the water company received a vehement scolding from New York State Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee (D-Suffern) about misleading ads running in a local newspaper. Calling the ad in Gannett’s Journal News a “shameless attempt” to suggest she is in support of the project, Jaffee says United Water’s ad promoting the project mis-characterized her position. “In United Water’s quest to build support for a Haverstraw desalination plant, they have used my name and my words in a...
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