The debate as to whether Woodstock has enough water to add large users continues. There is not too much evidence supporting the "yes there is" side of the debate, so guess who dusted off some 80 year old document and drummed some up.
Yesterday in a letter to the editor to the Woodstock Times, [note: this link will not work once next week's letters are posted,] RUPCO director of Community Development, Guy Kempe, made a huge error in that he claimed that Woodstock can hook up to the Kingston water supply in order to have plenty of water to supply Woodstock Commons or whatever else the Woodstock Water District needs to hose down.
Right after the letter appeared, I received several helpful emails explaining to me that the Kingston water supply, which comes from Cooper Lake, is untreated, while the place that it is "ready" to join the Woodstock water supply is where Woodstock's water has already been treated. Therefore, joining the two supplies without building further infrastructure such as a treatment facility or intake of Kingston water to the Woodstock treatment facility, produces only a contaminated water supply to the entire water district.
No thanks, Guy Kempe.
Also in the letter, Guy Kempe referred to my "busy law practice." I do not know why he wrote that, since I believe he is aware that I am not an attorney. Furthermore, I never claimed to be an attorney, and do not practice law without a license. I have written two Article 78 petitions and filed them, clearly signing both as a pro se litigant. It is neither funny, clever, nor helpful to anybody for Guy Kempe to mislead the public.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
132- Please Ask the Town Board to Make Comments to DEC
Hello. I have a small video submitted to run on the carousel this week, (that's channel 23, our local cable access station here in Woodstock, NY) and I post the video here as well. It is self-explanatory, roughly an update on the RUPCO proposed project and the status of the Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) application for water for this project.
In the video, I speak about some comments that were submitted to the DEC and I have provided some of those documents. I am requesting that you contact our Town Board members and ask them to review these documents and tell DEC what they think about adding RUPCO's project to the already stressed water district.
You can access the documents here:
This is hydrogeologist Paul Rubin's letter to DEC (May 13, 2011,) about Woodstock's water supply and delivery capacity:
http://murrayhillbooks.com/hydroquestreport.pdf
This is my letter to DEC (March 28, 2011,), along with the 14 attachments:
http://murrayhillbooks.com/Segalcomments20110329.pdf
Iris York dug up this Woodstock Times article from 2006. It's about the potential contamination of water due to the shallowness of the wells in Woodstock.
http://murrayhillbooks.com/ShallowWellsArticle9-21-06.pdf
Here are the Town Board members' email addresses:
Jeff Moran jmoran@woodstockny.org
Terrie Rosenblum TRosenblum@woodstockny.org
Cathy Magarelli CMagarelli@woodstockny.org
Bill McKenna BMcKenna@woodstockny.org
Jay Wenk JWenk@woodstockny.org
And, the video:
In the video, I speak about some comments that were submitted to the DEC and I have provided some of those documents. I am requesting that you contact our Town Board members and ask them to review these documents and tell DEC what they think about adding RUPCO's project to the already stressed water district.
You can access the documents here:
This is hydrogeologist Paul Rubin's letter to DEC (May 13, 2011,) about Woodstock's water supply and delivery capacity:
http://murrayhillbooks.com/hydroquestreport.pdf
Jerry Washington's comments:
This is my letter to DEC (March 28, 2011,), along with the 14 attachments:
http://murrayhillbooks.com/Segalcomments20110329.pdf
An additional brand new letter from Paul Rubin but without attachments:
Iris York dug up this Woodstock Times article from 2006. It's about the potential contamination of water due to the shallowness of the wells in Woodstock.
http://murrayhillbooks.com/ShallowWellsArticle9-21-06.pdf
Here are the Town Board members' email addresses:
Jeff Moran jmoran@woodstockny.org
Terrie Rosenblum TRosenblum@woodstockny.org
Cathy Magarelli CMagarelli@woodstockny.org
Bill McKenna BMcKenna@woodstockny.org
Jay Wenk JWenk@woodstockny.org
And, the video:
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
131- Paul Rubin on Woodstock Water Capacity, Testing, with community discussion
Earlier this evening, (the evening of May 16, 2011,) thirty people at Woodstock community center were treated to a fabulous, informative talk by Paul Rubin, hydrogeologist based right here in Ulster County. The talk was followed by a lively discussion among concerned and increasingly informed Woodstock residents.
- Here is the entire video of the May 16 event, in eight parts.
- Mr. Rubin's presentation slides currently are available on his website: www.hydroquest.com/Woodstock
- I will make an edited version of this presentation for public access TV, and may or may not post that version also on this blog.
- Here is the entire video of the May 16 event, in eight parts.
- Mr. Rubin's presentation slides currently are available on his website: www.hydroquest.com/Woodstock
- I will make an edited version of this presentation for public access TV, and may or may not post that version also on this blog.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
130- Woodstock Water Seminar with Hydrogeologist Paul Rubin: Monday, May 16, 7 PM, Woodstock Community Center
Sensible Action for Growth and Environment (SAGE) is sponsoring a presentation about Woodstock's water supply on Monday, May 16th at the Community Center.
The presenter is Paul Rubin, a hydrogeologist with 30 years experience and who has researched Woodstock's water supply. This presentation was part of a submission to the NYS DEC that is currently evaluating RUPCO's application to attach to Woodstock's water system.
The presentation will 1) assesses what is actually known relative to the safe yield of the Woodstock water supply system and 2) concludes that it would not be prudent to add large-scale users to the system in advance of a scientifically and legally defensible safe yield determination based on empirical data collected during rigorous hydrogeologic testing. In fact, water restriction advisories provide evidence that, at times, the existing Woodstock well field may already be stressed beyond its safe yield if water usage is not limited. The safe yield of the existing Woodstock public water supply system has never been determined in accordance with standard hydrogeologic groundwater testing procedures.
The implications of this presentation are important not only for RUPCO, but for other proposals for expansion of commercial activity within the water district.
(This notice was lifted in its entirety from Ken Panza's email. Thank you Ken.)
The presenter is Paul Rubin, a hydrogeologist with 30 years experience and who has researched Woodstock's water supply. This presentation was part of a submission to the NYS DEC that is currently evaluating RUPCO's application to attach to Woodstock's water system.
The presentation will 1) assesses what is actually known relative to the safe yield of the Woodstock water supply system and 2) concludes that it would not be prudent to add large-scale users to the system in advance of a scientifically and legally defensible safe yield determination based on empirical data collected during rigorous hydrogeologic testing. In fact, water restriction advisories provide evidence that, at times, the existing Woodstock well field may already be stressed beyond its safe yield if water usage is not limited. The safe yield of the existing Woodstock public water supply system has never been determined in accordance with standard hydrogeologic groundwater testing procedures.
The implications of this presentation are important not only for RUPCO, but for other proposals for expansion of commercial activity within the water district.
(This notice was lifted in its entirety from Ken Panza's email. Thank you Ken.)
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