Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The state Department of Environmental Protection has given United Water until April 1 to outline their schedule for the project.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is requiring United Water to start work to upgrade the dam at the Woodcliff Lake Reservoir "as soon as possible" in a letter dated March 1. The DEP is requiring United Water to approximately double the rate at which water can flow out of the reservoir so that the dam would not break in a 1,000-year storm. United Water has until April 1 to submit a schedule for the project. Steven Goudsmith, a company rep, told Patch that the schedule is still being developed. United Water's plan was approved by the DEP in late 2011, but work has not yet started. Hillsdale officials have insisted the borough's Planning Board should review the effects the project could have on downstream flooding along …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
The Hillsdale & Westwood Flood Solution Group's attorney said some flooding along the Pascack Brook can be stopped.
The Hillsdale & Westwood Flood Solution Group, an organization of residents affected or concerned by flooding, offered to work more closely with the Hillsdale government during a borough council meeting Tuesday night. Donald MacLachlan, an attorney representing the group, said that the council should form a committee tasked with advising the governing body on resolving the flooding problem along the Pascack Brook. MacLachlan said the committee could help with formulating a plan and also finding funding for any projects needed for the plan. The state government is currently "highly sensitive" to flooding issues, he said. The upcoming United Water project to upgrade the dam at the Woodcliff Lake Reservoir is one focus of the group, but not …
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The utility is required to release the information each year.
United Water recently released its annual Consumer Confidence Report for customers in Bergen and Hudson Counties. According to the report, United Water received no violations in 2011 for contaminants in its local supply. Jim Glozzy, United Water's vice president and general manager, said the legally-required report is an "important tool" for educating their customers. “We’re pleased to advise our customers that our water continues to meet or exceed all state and federal regulations for safe drinking water,” Glozzy said. United Water's local supply comes from the Oradell, Woodcliff Lake and Lake Tappan Reservoirs in Bergen County and Lake DeForest in Rockland County, N.Y., as well as some wells. The reservoirs hold approximately 14 billion …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The borough is looking for an engineer to examine United Water's plan for the dam at the Woodcliff Lake Reservoir.
Editor's note: An update on the Hillsdale dam review. Hillsdale officials are looking for an engineer who specializes in dams to review United Water's plan upgrade the dam at the Woodcliff Lake Reservoir, according to Hillsdale Mayor Max Arnowitz. Arnowitz said they will sign a contract by the planning board's August meeting in order to have the engineer complete a report on the plans by September. United Water developed the plan after the Department of Environmental Protection required they make the dam able to withstand a 1,000-year storm, which would be about six times as powerful as Hurricane Irene. The DEP approved United Water's plan last year. The project would lower Church Road, which crossed the top of the dam. According to Don …
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Westwood Mayor John Birkner said he wants to know what kind of assistance the state will provide for residents whose homes are damaged during renovations to the Woodcliff Lake Reservoir's dam.
A plan to rehabilitate the dam at the Woodcliff Lake Reservoir may create a scenario which makes flooding more likely along the Pascack Brook, according to Westwood Mayor John Birkner. The plan involves working on the dam to strengthen it to withstand a 1,000-year storm, or a storm so severe it is likely to only occur once every 1,000 years. Church Road in Hillsdale will also be lowered. The Department of Environmental Protection is requiring United Water to undergo the rehabilitation project to ensure the dam holds. As the dam is now, its gate can be raised in the event of heavy rain to prevent all the storm water from flowing into the brook at once. During construction, the gate will have to be kept at 89 feet, which is lower than usual…
Martha
10:21 pm on Wednesday, July 25, 2012
SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT...... By the way, just because United Water received no violations, does not mean that everthing is fine. An individual can be driving while drunk, & not stopped by law enforcement....does that mean that all is well? Certainly not, as he/she was simply lucky enough not to have gotten caught. The same scenario is applicable to United Water. more ›