Tool Donated by Pete Andrews to NYRWA
FOR SALE
We have a Ghent 3 Door Aluminum Frame Indoor Lockable Enclosed Bulletin Board for sale. Model No. PA33672K.
A TIP FOR SUBMITTING DMR’s
To help ensure your DMR reaches the Bureau of Water Compliance in Albany, be sure to include the Zip+4. The 4 digits after the 12233 zip code helps identify the office the DMR package goes to. There will be less of a chance of the package getting “lost”. Send the DMR’s to:
Gas Drilling
Each year the Green Panel, consisting of more than a dozen environmental groups, identify bills of special significance known as “super bills”. This year the Environmental Conservation Committee listed the “Fracking Moratorium and Health Impacts Assessment” as a super bill.
The bill would enact a moratorium on certain types of natural gas drilling until May 15, 2015, and require the completion of a comprehensive health impact assessment. This legislation (A.5424-A Sweeney) passed the Assembly, but the Senate has not yet taken action.
Chinese Hacking Team Caught Taking Over Decoy Water Plant
A hacking group accused of being operated by the Chinese army now seems to be going after industrial control systems.
Basic Operations Course Starting Soon
Monroe County in partnership with Monroe 1 BOCES will be presenting a NYS DEC approved 60 hour Basic Operations course one day a week from September 11 through December 11, 2013 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at their Training Center on 1574 Lake Shore Blvd, Rochester, NY 14617.
(This course satisfies the Basic Operations requirement for 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A Operator Certification)
Cost is $975/person. Lunch is included.
Letter Campaign
Just a reminder to those that wish to send a letter and those that may wish to consider, we would like to repeat this message, please read on.
ISSUES ACCESSING THE OVERFLOW REPORT FORM
There have been reports of issues accessing the updated Overflow Report Form. The issue appears to involve ADOBE 11, web browsers other than Internet Explorer, and mobile phone access to the form. The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation is working on the problems, but in the meantime, here are some ideas to avoid those problems should you need to report an overflow before they are corrected.
1. Don’t download ADOBE 11. Continue using ADOBE 10 until the problem is fixed.
According to: National Geographic’s ‘Daily News’: HOT WATER
Wildfires scorch soils and create ash and debris that can clog rivers and reservoirs, increasing the cost of water treatment for years to come.