March 11,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, We have been told that Ridgewood Water has the capacity to pump all the water we need but it is the storage of this water that presents the problem. When new tanks were built on the west side this did increase capacity a bit but plans to build larger tank in other towns, which are being severed by Ridgewood Water, were met with resistance .
Ridgewood resident are now facing new water restrictions by the enacting of a new ordinance in next few months. Ridgewood Water has stated that this is a public safety issue but according to the Ridgewood News (3/10/2017) the other towns serve by Ridgewood Water will not have to comply. So it is only a public safety for Ridgewood and not the other towns one of which is one of the biggest users of water last year and fought for tanks not to be built in their town. (see details https://theridgewoodblog.net/ridgewood-deputy-mayor-sedon-advances-new-hudson-street-garage-plan-in-quiet-village-council-meeting/ )
For those that say they do not want to give up the quality of Ridgewood water we would suspect that most of them drink bottled water instead of tap water. They should also know that during peak periods Ridgewood Water buys water From Hawthorne and Suez Water. In the past when restriction have been put in place a price increase follows. The explanation that has been give for this increase is that they didn’t sell enough water.
A reader commented , “I believe in conservation when it is fare and equitable. I believe when a utility cannot meet the demands of it costumers it should expand, if it cannot expand then it is time to sell to another utility that can meet its customers demand.”
