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The State Senate will hold hearings on the Hoosick Falls water situation.
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The story of water contamination in Hoosick Falls in one of uncertainty, a situation beyond one's control, a precariousness that breeds worry and mistrust.
«We did receive a letter dated March 10, 2015, from Mayor Borge, that summarized the situation, asked for our assistance, and that stated, «the NYS Department of Health recently published a public notice specific to Hoosick Falls in which it determined that there were no immediate health risks associated with our drinking water.»»
The emails of state, county and federal officials wrestling over how best to address the evolving situation show that even after the officials acknowledged wells in Hoosick Falls were testing above the EPA's guideline for PFOA, it took almost a year before the residents were made aware that their water could be dangerous.
As federal lawmakers launch an investigation on the state's handling of a chemical contamination in the drinking water of Hoosick Falls, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday insisted his administration did the best it could to deal with the situation.
The congressional oversight of the PFOA situation in Hoosick Falls comes as the Democratic - led state Assembly plans hearings on water quality issues in early September, assessing issues on both Long Island and in the Capital Region.
«The situation in Hoosick Falls is far from resolved, and those with private wells have been without consistent access to clean drinking water for months,» McLaughlin wrote.
Republican Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, who represents Hoosick Falls, is calling for legislative hearings on what critics claim has been the Cuomo administration's slow response to the village's water crisis, and wants to subpoena records related to the Department of Health's reaction to the unfolding situation.
The New York Times: «After the revelation of lead contamination in Flint, Mich., where Gov. Rick Snyder's response was widely criticized, the situation in Hoosick Falls has provoked both deep concern about water quality and a heightened scrutiny of how public officials have responded.»
On Monday and Tuesday, in the state Capitol, there was little desire to talk about the Hoosick Falls water crisis, or what steps could be put in place to protect other communities around the state from a similar situation.
After the revelation of lead contamination in Flint, Mich., where Gov. Rick Snyder's response was widely criticized, the situation in Hoosick Falls has provoked both deep concern about water quality and a heightened scrutiny of how public officials have responded.
As our oldest goes off to college this fall, we are now struggling with this very situation and navigating unchartered waters.
It covered the record May rains in the West, which marginally improved the situation resulting from several years of record drought in the West, and laid out the cuts that would go into effect if the water level were to fall another six inches.
As we rise in the profile, both pressure and temperature fall, eventually the water condenses and two things happen: the condensing water releases its latent heat and pressure drops because codensed water has far less volume than the gas it replaced.Dynamically we now have a new situation.
Reports from scientists monitoring the situation indicate that a chuck of ice the size of Manhattan (100 sq. kilometers) is about the fall off, with the suspected cause being at least partially to do with increasing flows of warm water moving up the coast due to the region's changing climate, New Scientist reports.Large chunks of ice break off the Petermann glacier all the time, but with a chunk this size breaking away — this 5 billion tons of ice is about half of the glacier's annual flow — it's unlikely that current rates of snowfall elsewhere on the glacier will be able to make up for it.
Traumatic brain injuries from striking one's head against the board, railing or another surface either due to a slippery diving board, an unexpected fall, a dive into water that is too shallow, or other similar situation;
There was no finding that the presence of water was likely in that area and the trial judge's finding of a foreseeable danger fell far short of a finding that the hotel knew of the likelihood of a dangerous situation arising.
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