Water
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 - 2:57 pm
This just in from the Times Herald-Record: Facing threats of legal action from Ulster County over their releases of turbid water into the Esopus Creek, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has promised to stop the releases in 30 days.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 - 11:47 am
Hunter Mountain has posted a pretty incredible mini-movie of snowboarders enjoying the 10 inches of beautiful snow it got this week. Makes you want to get outside this weekend, doesn't it?
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 - 2:25 pm
This just in from the CWC: Boiceville's wastewater treatment plant project, a feat of engineering two years in the making, is finished. The plant went online last summer, and on January 7, the last hookup pipe connecting the new plant to a Boiceville home... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 - 10:10 am
The intrepid snow diviners at Plattekill Mountain stuck a ruler in the ground at 7:30am this morning to find over 7 inches of snow. (See image above, via the Plattekill Facebook page.) And it's still coming down.
For more ski mountain snow photos, check... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011 - 9:47 am
More details are emerging about Ulster County's threat to sue the New York City Department of Environmental Protection over its releases of turbid water into the Lower Esopus.
William Kemble at the Daily Freeman reports that County Executive Mike Hein... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011 - 5:31 pm
The Times Herald-Record has an exclusive: Ulster County Executive Mike Hein has announced that the county is suing New York City over its release of muddy water from the Ashokan reservoir into the Lower Esopus River. From the story, which broke around 5pm... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 - 4:04 pm
A How-To Guide for talking with officials about the recent flooding in Shandaken. Compiled by Claudia Fragnito.
Key Talking Points/Messages:
Subject:
Recent flooding of the Esopus and tributary creeks/streams in Shandaken, NY
Key Messages (pick and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011 - 12:02 pm
The plight of the Ulster County town of Wawarsing, which has been sitting atop a leaky section of the Delaware Aqueduct for decades, may be no fun for residents who have to constantly pump out their basements and drink bottled water. But for a California... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 - 2:09 pm
Not a minute too soon: Soggy, soggy Delhi is joining nine other communities across the country in a pilot project to map flooding data.
Locally, the study is being sponsored by the USGS and the Delaware County Soil and Water Conservation District. The... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010 - 4:10 pm
Sidney Center has water contamination problems. And Dawn Rivers Baker, former candidate for supervisor of Sidney, is angry about it.
Did you know that a sizable chunk of the population of the Town of Sidney does not have access to clean drinking water?... Read more
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