The New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) today announced that applications are now available for $75 million in water infrastructure grants to assist local governments in advancing their drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
Have a question about your private well? Join this live webinar next week with a short presentation covering the most common questions, followed by plenty of time for additional Q & A. Here are the details:
Is My Water Safe to Drink?
Common Questions about Private Wells
January 20, 2016 from 1-2 p.m. CDT
This year, the Wellsville Water Treatment Plant recognizes its 100th anniversary. A historical report shows that on September 1, 1915, the Village Board purchased the Wellsville Water Company for $75,000.00. In 1916, a slow sand filtration plant was built at a cost of $75,000.00. A new intake dam and chamber was built and a three million gallon open reservoir was included as a part of the slow sand filter.
PROBLEMS ACCESSING DOCUMENTS FOR THE DEC ASSET MANAGEMENT PILOT PROGRAM?
It has been brought to our attention that some people are having difficulties accessing the treatment plant score and collection system surveys required for the Asset Management Pilot Program application. If you are using Google Chrome as your browser try downloading Firefox and follow these instructions:
1. Open Firefox and go to the DEC Asset Management Pilot Program website
2. Click on either survey link
We at NYRWA wish each and everyone that visits our website a happy and safe holiday season. Our office will be closed on December 24 and 25th. If it is an emergency please call our office and follow the instructions to reach our field staff. We thank you for your support and wish you a wonderful 2016.
The CleanSweep NY program is coming to region 5 this Spring (April 2016) and will accept old unwanted pesticides from agriculture and non-agriculture establishments (not homeowners) for proper disposal free of charge. They will also accept other chemicals for a nominal charge.
Their plan is to have at least 2 collection sites, 1 in Plattsburgh and 1 in Hudson Falls.
Registration is required but there’s no enforcement potential.
They can be reached at 1-877-793-3769 or www.cleansweepny.org
WRF is pleased to announce a new Tailored Collaboration project sponsored by the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) titled, “Collaborative Water Utility Benchmarking in North America” (#4659). This project seeks to determine if we can advance water and wastewater utility performance by combining industry frameworks including metric benchmarking and process benchmarking. It builds on past efforts and includes updates to the approaches used by WSAA and AWWA.
EPA has posted a recently developed Algal Toxin Strategic Plan on its Website. The strategic plan outlines approaches and projects that will control and manage algal toxins in source water and treat algal toxins in drinking water. Additionally, the EPA has released a pre-publication copy of its proposed Fourth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule, which includes 10 cyanotoxins/groups. WRF has a number of recently published and updated resources to help.