General News: Black Rock Water Treatment Plant Passes First Test
December 21, 2006
Mayor Ed Moulton and Water Superintendant Bob June announced on Thursday that the Black Rock water treatment plant had passed the first round of tests to begin operations after nearly a decade of planning and construction.
Engineers from the U.S. Filter Corporation began testing the component parts of the system on Monday. The primary concern was whether the pressure had been successfully regulated after an earlier attempt to get the system on line failed due to high water pressure.
In a press release, the village announced that a full ‘wet commissioning” test of the plant will begin the week of January 15, 2007.
The treatment plant was mandated by amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act that said that it was no longer healthy to drink untreated groundwater like that in the Black Rock reservoir, the primary source of Cornwall water. The village water department supplies water to the town and village. In addition to the reservoir, water is also pumped from wells in Mountainville and is purchased from the New York City Aqueduct. Without the water from the reservoir, Cornwall was buying more water from the NYC system, a costly alternative.
Once in operation, the Black Rock water treatment plant, together with the wells and aqueduct water treated at a facility in west Cornwall can produce 2 million gallons of treated water a day, according to village officials.
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