Ridgewood has obviously been using the water department as a favorable placement for all their patronage appointments. Unfortunately, none of their patronage appointments know the first thing about managing a water utility. We set ourselves up for a justified suit, and when we lose we scurry rapidly to find someone who hopefully has a brain. If the council actually thinks that not only are the other towns going to happily withdraw their suits and may even be forced to pay more because “Sorry, we made yet another mistake.” I have a bridge I can sell you. Council members don’t run on their expertise. As a result, the Village should hire people who do have the expertise. And that is a major failing. The idea that the town can save money by letting unqualified people without the proper backgrounds and ability run things has cost us a fortune in the past. It’s time to put a stop to it before it costs us fortunes in the future. (Saving the Schedler house is an example. Very little, if any, of that house is original and fixing all it’s deficits would be a financial nightmare .)
You could say this about almost any government run utility, not just Ridgewood Water.
And remember. These same people also want to run the internet under the guise of ‘Net Neutrality.’
What happened to the taste of water in town. It’s not like were used to be
Years ago, pediatricians said it was perfectly safe to use unboiled Ridgewood water to make baby formulas. Now it is apparently toxic. We use filtered water. If it is left standing for any length of time, the taste goes from “not too bad” to undrinkable. Obviously, something is going badly wrong.
Water is toxic as NJ has been a dumpster for decades. Probably all the waste and pollution from years ago has permeated all areas in our garden state and now Ridgewood can fully smell it. We should be thankful that we are not experiencing what those poor people in Pompton Lakes are having….YET.