Sentences with phrase «falls drinking supply»

«When you have a health advisory that's put into place, you don't put a health advisory in where the health effects occur at the level of the advisory,» said Zucker, adding that even though the levels of PFOA in the Hoosick Falls drinking supply were well over 400 parts per trillion, that would have been within the margin.

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The restaurant's new leadership worked with beer, wine and liquor suppliers last fall to design several new drinks.

And fueled by drinking water contamination in Hoosick Falls and Newburgh, there is companion legislation that requires nearly all public drinking water supplies in the state to be tested for emerging contaminants.

He added that residents struggling with contamination of their drinking water supplies, as in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., «already have multiple means of legal recourse.»

«I urge you to move beyond accusatory letters and, rather, work cooperatively with EPA Region 2 and the residents of Hoosick Falls on the important work of cleaning up the contamination in the Village and protecting the public drinking water supply,» she wrote.

Owasco Lake water quality issues have existed for years, but there was heightened concern last fall when cyanotoxins from blue - green algae blooms were detected in Auburn and Owasco's drinking water supply.

The funding wasn't allocated until last fall — after the blue - green algae toxins were detected in drinking water supplies.

Last fall, toxins from blue - green algae were found in drinking water supplied to residents of Auburn and the town of Owasco.

The proposal came the same week the state Senate released a report revealing the discovery of «potentially dangerous contaminants» in the water supply in Newburgh, Orange County, and as the village of Hoosick Falls weighs a legal settlement with a private company over carcinogenic chemicals in their drinking water.

The Cuomo administration was initially slow to respond to the threat posed by PFOA in water supplies in Hoosick Falls, but has been increasingly aggressive following a widely publicized federal Environmental Protection Agency warning not to drink the water in the village in December.

ALBANY — Hoosick Falls residents who drank from the tainted municipal water supply have, on average, more than 30 times the national level of a toxic chemical in their blood, according to state health department data obtained by POLITICO.

The chemical PFOA has been found in drinking water supplies in Hoosick Falls and nearby Petersbrugh, NY and Bennington, VT..

To that end, the long - term GAC filtration system for the municipal supply has been in operation since February of 2017 and the New York State Health Commissioner deemed Hoosick Falls» drinking water amongst «the cleanest in the entire nation.»

Jimino says along with public water supplies, private wells are being tested in the two communities as federal and state initiatives continue in Hoosick Falls to ensure people have safe drinking water.

ALBANY — The company suspected of tainting Hoosick Falls» drinking water supply with toxic chemicals should immediately disclose the full extent of the pollution it caused, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said Monday.

Fallout from the discovery of the toxic chemical in the water supply of Hoosick Falls later erupted into a war of finger - pointing between local, state and federal agencies after questions emerged in late 2015 about why it took at least 14 months before residents were warned to stop drinking from the village's contaminated wells.

Since last November, the residents of the tiny upstate village of Hoosick Falls have been using bottled water for drinking and cooking after contamination was discovered in its local water supply.

It was 16 months, remember, from August 2014 — when state officials first learned of high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, in Hoosick Falls» public drinking water supply and private wells — to the time the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stepped in and told residents not to drink or cook with their tap water, in December 2015.

The legislative hearing to examine New York's drinking - water problems was prompted, mostly, by the state Health Department's controversial response to the 2014 discovery of a toxic manufacturing chemical in the water supplies of Hoosick Falls.

Since then, I've dreamed of walking the white sandy beach, eating and drinking an endless supply of ceviche and mojitos, and falling asleep to the crashing sound of waves.