So let me ask a question to all the Private Sector poster on this blog to include Roberta who say that Government should be run like the private sector. Here it goes. What happens in the private sector when you have a supplier or division that cannot meet the supply of the parent company because of inefficiency,incompetence, antiqued infrastructure,or not enough room for that division or supplier to expand? Does the parent company continue to throw money at that division or supplier knowing that it past, record shows that they cannot keep up with the demand. Or does the parent company cut their losses and sell that division or find a new supplier.
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How would a sale work? We would acquire a professional management team but does delivery change?
I doubt that we could physically connect to the water sources for United or another company. Or is this a real possibility.
I know that some feel that we have control over our water, but what are we really controlling? Out water is tested and sometimes the results are concerning. Is the water consumed in other towns in Bergen County more contaminated? I don’t think so. What is it that we are trying to control and what are the real opportunity costs?
Would we benefit from a financial infusion that would bring the necessary upgrades? The new company will still have to battle with Ridgewood residents who live near the water tanks. Would the “greater good” prevail?
Ridgewood Water Web Site already states that we are connect to United Water and Hawthrone Water. There is a large connection to United Water running underneath Vet Field.
There are parts of New Jersey where drinking bottled water is mandatory.
Cry me a rive, you say. . Most if not all Jersey river water is also polluted.
If Ridgewood sells; the water could go to hell. No control means no control of where the supply comes from , where the water is hooked up to.
From the Ridgewood Water web site. As you can see we are already hook up to United Water and Hawthrone Water. So your are one of those uninformed Risgewood residents that think your only drinking special water from deep Ridgewood wells.
Ridgewood Water is a public water supply utility serving four municipalities in Bergen County, NJ: the Borough of Glen Rock, Borough of Midland Park, Township of Wyckoff and Village of Ridgewood.
Our sources of supply include 55 deep wells and controlled interconnections with United Water New Jersey and the Hawthorne Water Department.
Each source is tested regularly and treated appropriately to ensure that it remains in compliance with all state and federal water quality standards.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/united-water-looking-to-move-from-harrington-park-headquarters-gets-tax-break-to-stay-in-n-j-1.857679
Best to have Ridgewood own it’s own water. Lose control ; lose clean water.
Ridgewood water used to be the best water to drink. After we began to introduce the unite and Hawthorne water, the taste declined. In fact it tastes like shit.
Why not drill a few more wells to preserve the quality ? Build some more storage tanks to meet the increased demand?
A few years ago our bills doubled because not enough water was being sold.
Now they tell us we can’t water except on special schedule ?
Am I the only one seeing something amiss here?