Local councils and
state water authorities are best placed to investigate suspected outbreaks and alert the public of any unsafe waters.
Moreover, he's accusing the Erie
County Water Authority of passing the buck to cover what he considers to be the agency's «incompetence.»
Both moved from the post
of Water Authority commissioner into a much - higher paid staff job.
«Finding these chemicals is like finding a needle in the haystack,» says Shane Snyder, project manager at Southern
Nevada Water Authority in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Erie County
Water Authority says their employees can be identified by their white vans with blue decals.
After Erie County legislators finished interviewing three candidates for the Erie County
Water Authority board last week, several said two candidates impressed them: Democratic attorney Mark Carney, widely considered the front runner, and Republican businesswoman Rhonda Ricks.
Last month, Suffolk County
Water Authority chairman James Gaughran, a Democrat, said he was «leaning toward» running for the seat — prompting speculation among some Democrats that the incumbent might not run again.
Buffalo News - Poloncarz's Brother Lands Post at Water Authority
Assemblywoman Monica Wallace, D - Lancaster, wants to change the law that governs public authorities in New York so that public authority employees who serve at will, such
as Water Authority Executive Director Earl L. Jann Jr., would be able to collect no more than three months of severance pay, not years» of severance as Jann's pact allows.
Of 123 water samples tested by the Onondaga County
Water Authority in 2014, all but one were below 15 parts per billion.
It highlights that technologies such as satellite remote sensing in combination with semantic sensor web and geographical information systems can be used innovatively
by water authorities to obtain information in real time about water use, to track and forecast the level of rivers and to identify new sources of fresh water.
Poloncarz said he recommended the boil water advisory after extensive, consensus - driven discussions with representatives from the Health Department, Office of Emergency Services, emergency managers in affected towns and in consultation
with Water Authority engineers.
«While the mandated water quality reports produced by regional
water authorities do a great job of measuring specific water quality issues, they are not telling the whole story when it comes to perceptions of the water that is coming out of customers» faucets,» said Andrew Heath, senior director of the Utility Practice at J.D. Power.
In addition, Burke, a Buffalo Democrat running for State Assembly, said that if he's elected, he will review state laws regarding public authorities to dismantle the ability for political appointees to «rig the system» when it comes to
Water Authority leadership.
* Syracuse suburbs includes Onondaga County
Water Authority customers in suburban Onondaga County, and parts of Madison, Oneida, and Oswego counties.
About $ 500,000 will come from an annual Mohawk
Valley Water Authority payment that has been used in the past to supplement Utica's general fund.
Assemblywoman Monica Wallace plans to introduce a bill that would ban golden parachutes as generous as the one that the Erie County
Water Authority recently packed into a contract for its executive director.
Andrews said Syracuse and Onondaga County have already started sharing services and the Onondaga County Water Board and the Syracuse Water Authority
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- As the Erie County
Water Authority continues to face criticism following the revelation that Executive Director Earl Jann has a golden parachute agreement where he would receive between $ 300,000 and $ 400,000 if he is forced out of his role, the Erie County Legislature's Government Affairs Committee requested representatives from the authority to show up to Thursday's 11 a.m. meeting.
«The problems may not simply be with who runs the [
Water Authority] but may require a larger public policy discussion about the utility of an authority at all.
The turnaround started in 2007, when low - flow toilets and showerheads were installed nationwide and the
national water authority built innovative water treatment systems that recapture 86 percent of the water that goes down the drain and use it for irrigation — vastly more than the second - most - efficient country in the world, Spain, which recycles 19 percent.
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Lakes Water Authority Office Support Specialist 3 resume example in Southfield, Michigan?
After dealing with nearly 1,500 leaks in its system in 2015, the Erie County
Water Authority decided to get serious.
Additional trustees of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System Board include: Alan J. Bedenko, partner, Feldman Kieffer, LLP and a writer; Katie Burd, trustee, Kenmore Village; Frank Gist, retired Buffalo firefighter and owner of Greater Buffalo Bail Bonds Agency; Teresa Glanowski, product manager, Independent Health; Phyllis A. Horton, retired educator; Elaine M. Panty, retired City of
Buffalo Water Authority; and Wayne D. Wisbaum, partner, Kavinoky Cook, LLP.
The report reviewed audits of 161 local governments DiNapoli's office had conducted and seven
public water authority systems over the last 5-1/2 years.
«The Authority wants to thank their customers for voluntarily limiting their water use during this project — the most difficult repair in the 68 - year history of the
[Water Authority],» the release said.
Even if the Southern Nevada
Water Authority meets its 20 percent conservation target by 2035, in that time the demand for water will still grow to the point where there will be essentially no surplus available in case of drought or other spikes in water use, Ahmad reported.
Also on Thursday, the Legislature approved a
new Water Authority commissioner, Karl J. Simmeth Jr., now that Jann's term has expired and he has not requested another term.
The Erie County
Water Authority knew by 3 a.m. yesterday that a huge water main break may have exposed more than 100,000 residents to contaminated water, but no public advisory was sent for at least three more hours.
Ms. Doherty said she's no stranger to taking a tough stance in protecting the environment, and pointed to her board's vote last year to prevent the Suffolk County
Water Authority from building a pipeline to Orient.
A Republican commissioner on the Erie County
Water Authority resigned Thursday, a little more than a year after being named to the panel that oversees the delivery of water to Buffalo's suburbs.
Trials of other Australian technologies to treat wastewater are likely to flow from agreements being negotiated between Melbourne Water and government - owned
water authorities which are known as water enterprises, in West Java.
Israel's most senior water official — the water commissioner, who oversees the
Israel Water Authority — serves a five - year term after appointment by a cabinet minister.
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Coachella Water Authority, and Successor Agency to the Coachella Redevelopment Agency.