The Flint water crisis is a drinking water contamination issue in Flint, Michigan, United States that started in April 2014. After Flint changed its water source from treated Detroit Water and Sewerage Department water (which was sourced from Lake Huron as well as the Detroit River) to the Flint River (to which officials had failed to apply corrosion inhibitors), its drinking water had a series of problems that culminated with lead contamination, creating a serious public health danger. From Wikipedia.
My point is that if we lose control of Ridgewood water we are in danger of getting worse water. Yes, there are problems, that is why we must be ready to remedy them, even if it means, like Fairlawn, to put water filters on wells, regardless of cost over a period to years. To pay higher water rates etc.
Yes, we must and did finally put a warning on cigarettes, ban trans fats, warn about the hazards of hormones and antibiotics in food and putting too many herbicides and pesticides and lawn, and dangers of polluted air from vehicles and so on. Many states in the U.S. have polluted water, in many cities in Jersey, the people have to use bottled water, and even bottled water has a bad rap now because it could be more polluted than local tap. Let’s admit there is a water crisis and we must be prepared to solve it, no matter what the financial cost, rather than turn our heads and look away and try to sell it away.
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If we sell Ridgewood Water it will probably be to United Water. This is from United’s website. What do they mean when they say that some of their customers get treated water from Ridgewood?
Bergen and Hudson Water Supply and Treatment
These customers receive their water from four —reservoirs — Oradell, Woodcliff Lake and Lake Tappan reservoirs in Bergen County, New Jersey, and Lake DeForest Reservoir in Rockland County, New York. Our customers in Franklin Lakes receive water from wells located throughout that community or from our Haworth Water Treatment Plant. You may also receive treated water from United Water Jersey City, United Water New York, the Park Ridge Water Department, the Passaic Valley Water Commission, the Ridgewood Water Department or the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission.
why should we sell the water compony. it makes money.
It doesn’t make money.
From Northjersy. Com
Ridgewood Water, which serves 60,000 people in Glen Rock, Midland Park, Ridgewood and Wyckoff, lost 394 million gallons of treated water that never got to customers in 2012 — a lost-water rate of 15.9 percent.
“a utility must cover expenses and have a surplus, otherwise the host community must continue to fund the deficit.
For all you residents who think that you are only drinking ridgewood water.
Moritz said the rate increase can be attributed to a combination of factors, including United Water raising its rates from $1.31 to $1.78 per 100 cubic feet (748 gallons) of water. Ridgewood Water purchases water from United to supplement its supply. Moritz added that 25 percent of the Ridgewood utility’s operating budget is used to pay its debt service. The last rate increases came in 2003 (a 25 percent raise) and 2004 (a 16 percent increase).
It is poorly managed. Clean house or sell to a more competent company.
It does not make money and it loses money every year. It is a money pit.
United Water, being a surface water supplier, uses 4x the chlorine that Ridgewood Water does. It’s all out there as a matter of public record. Surface water is much more vulnerable to contaminants and threats than groundwater. I’lll take Ridgewood Water over United Water any day of the week.
Once the lewsuit is complete and I get my money back the the village stole from the surrounding communities under the guise of Ridgewood Water then it will be bankedrupt and the carcass sold off. Better call Poland Spring….
“Reader” has possibly the worst logic I have ever seen in an argument: “In Flint, they changed something, and something bad happened. Therefore, we shouldn’t change anything”.
The point is don’t change the control of the water. The source can then change too. Also, the new company may not care to invest to keep water clean.
Thanks 6:20, Ridgewood Water is a net drag on Village finances for his reason. It’s also a black hole of incompetence and mismanagement.
it don’t make money, huh i seen the books, if don’t make money why would we still run it. we can sell it for big money. if it don’t make us money why would united buy it.
It used to taste great. Ever since we started buying from united it tastes like shit.