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Comment on Remembering A Rural Water Family Member by Karl Vebber

Karl Vebber — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:03:46 +0000

As a member of NYRWA for many years we truly are like a family, members, employees and vendors alike. George was a gentleman and his dedication was well known and appreciated. Rest in peace George and my thoughts and prayers are with all.

Comment on Water Vanishes From Lake Champlain Village by baidu

baidu — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:49:01 +0000

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Comment on Remembering A Rural Water Family Member by Kelly Maine

Kelly Maine — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:38:38 +0000

I’m responding to this wonderful article and tribute to my dad. I, also know that when he spoke of what he did for Rural Water, he beamed with pride. His career was one thing he took very seriously. His battle was very difficult for him. He struggled with the fact that he couldn’t do the things he loved. One was working for RWA. He was a great dad, and there IS a new angel in heaven. I couldn’t see who wrote this article. So if it was Pat, I want you to know that George had the utmost respect for you. You were his angel on earth. Thank you for being a huge part in his life.
Kelly Maine
Woodland Park, co.

Comment on Remembering A Rural Water Family Member by Brandon Ogden

Brandon Ogden — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:19:14 +0000

Thanks for this article, he did love his job. As a boy I remember him always wearing his blue uniform, even though he was retired. He had dozens of them, and wore it everyday.

Comment on Remembering A Rural Water Family Member by Brandon Ogden

Brandon Ogden — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:38:20 +0000

Rest in peace grandpa, you will be missed by many.

Comment on Water Vanishes From Lake Champlain Village by Don Earle

Don Earle — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:32:11 +0000

A couple things I did not see. How much are they pumping each day ? I would say they should be around 250 -300 k a day. Have they done a house to house check? We did that when we installed new meters and found several illeagel connections, which we estimated and charged the customer for, with pretty good success. How about hydrants? Anyone stealing water from them ? I dont know if there are any water trucks there but we would catch them all the time trying to tap out of unmetered hydrants. I also,am assuming they have not just relyed upon an engineering firm to check for leaks but have called you in to help, if not they should . Free help is best, especially when supplied by true professionals like the techs at Rural Water. Going out at two in the morning and listing to hydrants and lines with a scope is a real good way. Maybe they have done most or all of this and maybe not. One more case I can think of, we had a major leak once that we couldnt locate . I just happened to go in my basement one early morning and kept hearing a loud roaring sound that I couldn’t pin point. We finally used the geo phones around the area and found the leak, a really big one . The water had found its way into a storm drain and never came to the surface.

Comment on ELAP Update by Ken Bray

Ken Bray — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:47:09 +0000

This appears to be just another of a hundred ways to squeeze
money from municipalities and taxpayers,through support of ELAP.

But federal and state government will still stand up to declare
what a great job they did with the deficit without raising any
taxes.

Comment on Urgent Message for New York Wastewater Facilities by Florence Braunius

Florence Braunius — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:00:29 +0000

This has been quite the surprise to all of us. I too fail to see any benefit from this requirement. Hopefully we will come to a reasonable resolution of this matter before too much money is wasted.

Comment on Urgent Message for New York Wastewater Facilities by David Curley

David Curley — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:02:45 +0000

This is one of the dumbest regulations to come down in a while. The value of a sett. solids test to operations is negligible especially as a grab sample. Additionally, all of the plants in the NYC Watershed have been upgraded to micro-filtration or its equivalent. Doing a settlebility test on effluent of our quality seems rather meaningless and having to pay to have it done, or pay to be certified to do it in-house, borders on stupid.

We in the field have enough trouble explaining to our local boards the importance of maintaining plants and collections systems. Regulatory requirements of this level of stupidity undermine our effectiveness and ultimately the environment as a whole. Let’s concentrate on something that is worth doing, not some mindless bureaucratic crap.

Comment on Room for Concern by Galya

Galya — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:17:22 +0000

The problem with using ocean water is the cost of luibding the desalination plant and energy require to operate. Also by using ocean water, it is going to impact the local species of fish. Because the pumps that are use to get the water into the plant will suck in debris that are small enough to pass through the filter screen. Also increase in fish mortality because they will be stuck outside the filter screen as the pump is actively pumping water in.