A local college professor who warns of threats to the Mohawk River said the Town of Colonie should give more thought to maintaining Stony Creek Reservoir in…
Letter: Selling Stony Creek Reservoir bad idea
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FILE. Letter writer says, Thanks for coverage of Colonie’s plan to sell the Stony Creek Reservoir ( Water worries in sale plan, May 6). With worldwide climate and water emergencies, selling a public water source is short-sighted and ill-considered. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times Union
Thanks for coverage of Colonie’s plan to sell the Stony Creek Reservoir ( Water worries in sale plan, May 6). With worldwide climate and water emergencies, selling a public water source is short-sighted and ill-considered. Most Colonie residents are unaware of this plan and would likely be opposed if they knew.
The proposed route of the MVP Southgate project. DEQ denied a water quality permit for the project for the second time.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has again denied a key water quality permit for the proposed MVP Southgate natural gas pipeline, dealing another setback to the controversial project that would run through Rockingham and Alamance counties.
DEQ originally denied the water quality permit application last August. At the time Division of Water Resources Director Danny Smith wrote that because of “uncertainty surrounding the completion of the MVP Mainline project … work on the Southgate extension could lead to unnecessary water quality impacts and disturbance of the environment in North Carolina.”
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