Essential Services:
On March 20, 2020, NYS Governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed Executive Order 202.6 “Essential Business”, which under item #2 Essential Infrastructure, lists Water and Wastewater Operations. Below is a direct link to the executive order for your review and dissemination.
Field Operations:
March 13, 2020
From: Jamie Herman, CEO
To: Our Valued System & Associate Members
Re: COVID– 19 Virus
By MARINA VILLENEUVE
February 4, 2020
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Environmental advocacy groups are criticizing New York’s plan to allow water suppliers to delay being hit with formal violations for exceeding the state’s incoming limits for industrial chemicals in public drinking water.
A group of researchers at Clarkson University in New York is developing a way to destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water.