Wyckoff questions timing of notice on lead in drinking water
Thursday, November 14, 2013
BY REBECCA GREENE
STAFF WRITER
Wyckoff Suburban News
Wyckoff – The Township Committee is asking Ridgewood Water to provide information about elevated levels of lead found as a result of tests that were conducted more than a year ago.
“The community is concerned about the notice regarding lead we received recently,” Committeeman Brian Scanlan said at the Nov. 4 meeting. “Why are we getting this only now?”
The township sent a letter to Ridgewood Water in response to a notice it sent to residents this fall. While Ridgewood Water received results of the tests in the summer, they only notified customers about them on Nov. 1. And the township wants to know whether a “serious” health concern exists and why it did not pinpoint its source.
Ridgewood Water recently issued a notice that it had “found elevated levels of lead in drinking water in some buildings during routine monitoring conducted in June of 2012.”
The utility explained that it was required to alert the public about the contamination and said it was working to remediate the situation.
The majority of lead is in the pipes in your home. If you run the water for one minute before drinking it, problem solved.
Wyckoff can always start their own water company since they seem quite peeved at Ridgewood water. Its not up to the taxpayers in Ridgewood to provide cheap water for the residents of Wyckoff.