“The continuing inability for Ridgewood Water to not be able to deliver product is amazing and a failure of this town leadership for years. The water that is delivered to our homes rivals many third world countries in quality, hardness, and contaminants. The water is off the charts in hardness and multiple times worse then surrounding town. The infrastructure is not being upgraded in terms of piping, etc except when broken etc. There is just no leadership at all.
If my children were still at home I would be organizing a civil suit to fully identify the risks, inaction, and force solutions. We are the only town with never ending restrictions for a sub par product.
BTW How does anyone think we will supply water to the new apartments . No planning at all.”
The Village Council was irresponsible using Ridgewood Water as their piggy bank to buy the Elks building. Why Ridgewood Water needs that building in the CBD as their HQ is beyond anyone who understand the quantity of Class A & B office space sitting empty in Bergen County. Not to mention the cumulative $5 million likely needed to renovate, including the purchase price and taxes. All so the Ridgewood Police Department can’t get more space at Village Hall. Just as Valley leaves and we don’t need the same number of police! It’s absurd. Only elected volunteers – who have no clue about financial planning or acting as good stewards of taxpayer funds – would dream up such a scenario. Terrible governance. Ridgewood Water should have been sold to a professional water company years ago.
Why do your children need to be at home for you to organize. Looking for an excuse not to act?
I think the water is hard but great. I want natural minerals in my water. That is why I am old and healthy. I drink tap water, thank you very much. And I believe in water conservation as a matter of principle. Always have always will. Grass is not a native to America. Shouldn’t be here; uses poisons , pesticides etc. Did you know that you can buy clover seeds at Rohslers. Oh yeah. Please do so, if your yard is not full of native plants.
How come no enforcement of the watering rules… Tuesday was odd # day and even on a busy road I saw a house blasting away on oak street wi an even numb.
When I moved to Ridgewood 25 years ago, water restrictions were imposed rarely, for relatively brief periods due to drought conditions. In recent times, these restrictions are more-or-less a permanent feature. Now we can justify this, as the first commenter has done, by championing conservation and how unnecessary grass is. However, the reality is that potential home buyers want their green lawns and towns that are competing for this real estate market do not have similar restrictions. This may be a minor point in the real estate decision making, but when people start doing their Google research, the Ridgewood negatives (e.g. school rankings, multi-story garage, low-income apartments, and permanent water restrictions), it has an effect.
This just does not seem to be a quality product.
RW water has a hardness level of 21 g, neighboring utilities, in the worse case was 7 g, water is considered “hard” above 5. This is off the charts, and effects everything from appliances effectiveness and servicing, washing dishes, showers, etc. Our particles (solids) level in the water is excessive, 121 per million, far above the next worse at 45 per million. This is on par with some third world systems. As for water on lawns and scrubs, I guess we can let it all go, would continue our slide towards a city environment, I recall we used to give awards for the nicest lawns and gardens.
Leaving RW Water in place with their ineffective management, sub par systems, ridiculous water rules, and terrible product cant really be the right path.
Utility company
Ridgewood water has been and continues to be beyind out of control,and totally inept. They have failed,for the past 30 years to updaye infrastructure and storage capacity,as well as to clean up or replace contaminated wells. They fail continually to provide customers with the product of good quality water in quantities needed because of their ineptness and fiscal irresponsibility. Its beyond high time that Wyckoff,GlenRock and Midland Park take over this utility and make it a regional enterprize!!!!
Any. One know how much money the water utilities make in a year.
Ridgewood Water is a perpetual money loser with $40 million in net debt and pending liabilities from multiple lawsuits… hidden tax on Village residents as the Village Council controls 100% of Ridgewood Water. But this Council won’t tell you that. They use it as a piggy bank to buy properties like the Elks Building. Horrible governance.
Not so many years ago Ridgewood water was so good that pediatricians said it could be used for babies formula without being boiled. Now it is literally toxic and there are many times that our water filter cannot overcome the purely nasty taste and smell. Recently it was announced that our water rates will once again go up as Ridgewood isn’t selling enough water to meet their cost. Since most of it is being supplied by Suez they have to pay them first. Remember, the neighboring towns who receive Ridgewood water sued them because part of their bill payment was used to subsidize other Ridgewood departments. Ridgewood’s response was to hire someone who “proved” that the rate the other towns were paying was the right rate and thus the suit should be null and void. The other towns did not give up and Ridgewood will be eventually forced to pay reimbursement of the overage in charges. Unfortunately, our “wonderful Council” says the water company is self supporting and that it doesn’t cost anything in Ridgewood taxes. That is why they used “water company money” to buy the Elks. (Presumably all the water company’s cars and trucks will take the Library and Village hall parking spots on Maple as “adequate parking is not available at the Elks.”) Anyone want to bet that that building will not become the Library’s auditorium? Honesty and truth telling cannot be found in the Council, the BOE, or from any other official in Ridgewood. We are left to wonder WHY they prefer to hide their true actions?
I think it’s time for the village of Ridgewood to separate them selves from the Ridgewood water Company/utility company. There’s too much dirty shit going on. Just remember anyone working for the utility company is A utility employee. Not a village employee. And why is the sanitation department and recycling department under Ridgewood water.
Can anyone help us regarding finding a water fountain in the CBD. Just a thought it would be nice.
Multiple lawsuits booked as pending liabilities is being generous when you think about the monetary damage shit storm that is slowly about to envelop VH.
Water Drink There is one in Van Neste park but does it work?
Anybody know what’s going on with the lawsuit Ridgewood water.
I just replaced my bathtub and shower fixtures and even the tub drain because the hard water had wrecked them.