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Ridgewood Water Customers Report “Brown Water” on Christmas Day

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Ridgewood NJ, it appears Ridgewood Waters website crashed on Christmas Day after being deluged with calls and emails from many residents complaining of brown water . The utility has already had a difficult month , on December 16th a water main break on North Irving Street in Ridgewood had the street closed  from Franklin Avenue to Overbrook Road , taking the majority of the day to address the issue.

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Ridgewood Water eyes Elks Lodge for new headquarters at cost of $1.6 million

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Nicholas Katzban, Staff Writer, @NicholasKatzban

RIDGEWOOD — Last week the Village Council passed the first reading of an ordinance that would permit the appropriation of $1.6 million from the water utility capital fund for the purchase of the former Elks Lodge on Maple Avenue.

The ordinance would allow Ridgewood Water to use funds from its existing capital budget for engineering, architect fees and “modernization costs,” associated with a proposed project to develop a single administrative and operational headquarters for the utility.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/ridgewood/2017/07/19/ridgewood-water-eyes-elks-lodge-new-headquarters-cost-1-6-million/489249001/