General News: Town Water Valve Replacement to Cost Thousands
and streams down the hill
The water leaves this manhole cover
October 08, 2007
The village of Cornwall-on-Hudson trustees voted Monday night to spend $50,000 of unbudgeted funds to replace a pressure reduction valve with a major leak at the Chadeayne traffic circle.
Village officials had hoped to put off the repair until next year, but water department superintendant Bob June told the board that he had made a “last ditch repair” earlier in the day, shutting off water to customers on upper Main Street, but the valve didn’t work properly.
June would not estimate how much water is being lost to the leak, which has been repaired several times in the past year. For months, passersby could see the treated water flowing down the slopes into Canterbury Creek.
Trustee Mark Edsall endorsed moving ahead with replacement of the pressurized valve that is maintained inside an underground chamber that must be built to specifications. “It is unconscionable that we are wasting water at the rate it is being wasted,” Edsall said.
It will take at least six weeks for the new pressure reduction valve and chamber to be made. A similar valve was installed on Duncan Avenue earlier this year. Read that story here.
