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General News: KJ Water Pipeline Focus of Hearing

June 16, 2009

The proposal by the village of Kiryas Joel to build a 13-mile pipeline that could pass through Cornwall will be the subject of a public hearing to be held by the Orange County Legislature on June 29th.   The location of the hearing is still up in the air.

The move to hold the hearing follows protests from the leaders of Woodbury, South Blooming Grove and other municipalities that border Kiryas Joel.   In letters sent to the legislature last week, they objected to the adoption of a final environmental impact statement that removes an obstacle to Kiryas Joel’s pipeline proposal.

These municipal leaders say that the environmental impact statement gives away their access to future sewer use by turning it over to Kiryas Joel,  the fastest growing community in the region.  In 1990, 7,400 people lived in that village; by 2005 the number had grown to 18,300.

The sewer capacity is tied closely to the proposal pipeline that would tap into the Catskill Aquaduct in the Cornwall-New Windsor area.  One proposal puts the pipeline on a route through the wells and aquifer that supply a portion of the water supply to the village of Cornwall-on-Hudson water department.   Village Mayor Joseph Gross has repeatedly expressed his concern about the impact of the pipeline on future water resources.



Comments:

Will we the sheeple just sit by and let it happen? Does anybody have the nerve to just say no? Make no mistake the block vote far outweighs your needs/rights to water or sewers, should be interesting.


posted by Don Malone on 06/18/09 at 2:08 PM

I have no problem with KJ building in our area--if they follow the same rules we need to follow. They couldn't build the urban setting their leadership says their lifestyle requires in a village/town with suburban/ rural zoning laws--so KJ made its own village and its own zoning rules. Unfortunately, the surrounding towns have to deal with the consequences (wells going dry, extremely high density housing, etc). The only thing limiting KJ's growth right now is their lack of water and sewer. I hope and pray that the legistlators do not allow KJ access to the pipeline, for many reasons--the biggest being that in our area, there should be no need. If the need is there, then KJ is too big to fit in comfortably with their neighbors. KJ is so adept at working the system that we need to make a stand as a large enough group to be heard--and we are no where near as organized. KJ has a very long range plan, and all I can say is...watch out Orange county.


posted by Rhonda Growney on 06/18/09 at 8:42 PM

A Comprehensive Master Plan in place would be a great protection against this sort of building.
No time to tarry.
Time to engage real professionals to get our act together.


posted by Kirk MacDonald on 06/18/09 at 8:46 PM

PLACE: Central Valley Elementary School

DATE: Monday, June 29

TIME: 7:00 P.M.


posted by Jon Chase on 06/23/09 at 8:40 AM

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