General News: Hydrologist Assesses Water Capacity in Wells
November 24, 2009
How much water lies underground in the aquifer that runs beneath Taylor Road in Mountainville? That’s the question that officials of both the village of Cornwall-on-Hudson and the village of Kiryas Joel are trying to answer.
Cornwall-on-Hudson Mayor Joseph Gross says that the village water department hired a hydrologist to test the capacity of its three wells on Taylor Road after hearing that the village of Kiryas Joel planned a similar test at four wells across the road. Tests at the Kiryas Joel wells, which were purchased in 2005 by a Talmudic school associated with the orthodox Jewish municipality, have been conducted during the past week. The village completed its $4,000 test on November 13th.
Mayor Gross told News from Cornwall and Cornwall-on-Hudson that once the test results have been compiled into a report he intends to ask the state department of environmental conservation to increase the amount of water the village is allowed to extract from the wells.
Gross is concerned that the village of Kiryas Joel will draw on its wells as part of its plan to build a pipeline to the Catskill aqueduct – a key part of its efforts to provide water to a growing population. Last week, Senator Schumer cast doubt on federal funding for the controversial pipeline, noting that widespread support for the project in the Orange County community doesn’t exist. (See full story.)
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