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District
Office
1441
Route 22
Suite
205
Brewster,
NY10509
United
States
Fax:(845)
279-7156
Albany Office
817 Legislative Office Building Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY12247
United States
Email
address:
gball@nysenate.gov
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Hugh
Knickerbocker, President
845.345.9473
P. O. Box
3208
Poughkeepsie, New York
12603
Should you
want to email me directly, you can do so by using the address below:
forestparkwater@yahoo.com
Find us "Forest Park Water" on
4 Scenic Drive, Hyde Park, New York 12538
(845) 229-6536
Northeast Water
Services
is a group of fourteen privately owned
incorporated public
water supplies serving approximately 5,000 people in Putnam and Westchester Counties in the
State of New York. We mostly serve individual homes,
condominiums and a few commercial sites. All the water we
pump comes from over thirty wells, which produce high quality,
great tasting water.
We are actively pursuing
the purchase of additional water systems in Dutchess, Putnam and
Westchester Counties. Additional water customers would
create a positive impact to existing users by helping to spread
capital costs across a larger customer base. We now have
two additional water systems that we are in the process of
performing due diligence to see if there is a fit, physically
and financially, with Forest Park. This process will take
several months and at best, should the acquisitions move
forward, we are probably looking at late spring 2012. I
will keep you posted as to our progress. Bear in mind, all
of this would have to be approved by the regulatory agencies
involved.
(845) 228-4086
86 Fair Street, Carmel, New York 10512
Carmel Winwater Works ranks among the
leaders in supplying waterworks, utility supplies, piping and
related services to the Construction Industry
845.789.1307
"Our Emergency
Contract Operator"
MAY 2012
UPDATE:
5/8/12
There is
still talk
of alarms
and
generators
at all of
the
facilities,
but very
little
progress has
actually
happened. Without some
support from
governmental
agencies, we
will
struggle
going
forward with
urgently
needed major
capital
improvements.
There has
been much
talk lately
about aiding
small
businesses
and
upgrading
infrastructure
in the
United
States.
We certainly
meet those
two
requirements.
I will keep
you posted
as to my
progress...
2/9/12
Finally got
an email
from one of
Greg Ball's
staff. I got
little if
any
information.
This is
going to
take a lot
of support
from
existing
homeowners.
They
obviously
have very
little
interest in
talking to
me...
2/4/12 So far Greg Ball
has NOT returned my phone calls or emails. I am having no
success with him and I need more help from our customers.
Everyone is asking me about generators for the Forest Park
systems. Certainly if I had a choice, they would all have
generators. There are no monies available in the existing
budget for such a purpose. It is very expensive to supply
water to all of the existing homes. We have huge electric
bills, laboratory testing, school and land taxes, along with
daily operations which also includes water main breaks, pump and
piping repairs and replacement of well pumps.
Since
the systems were constructed as designed and approved, an
alternate source of power is not required.
Until
such time that some governmental agency makes it a law that an
additional source of power must be provided and the New York
State Public Service Commission provides the means to charge the
customers to cover the cost, there won't be any progress towards
this goal.
This
may seem like a simple problem to solve, but it is not. It
would be a very complicated, expensive process. It would
include numerous governmental agencies, engineering for design,
approval and bidding along with some form of grants or long term
financing, which would probably require government backed, low
interest loans.
There
already is some interest about permanently installed generators.
New York State Senator Greg Ball
has contacted my office, spoken to my Office Manager and would
like to set up a phone meeting with me, in the very near future,
to discuss this situation in detail. Perhaps this could be
the start of getting more individuals involved in resolving this
issue.
You can find Greg's
contact info by scrolling down on this page.
As I am sure you are
all aware, infrastructure in the United States has been a big
topic the last couple of years. This includes roads,
highways, bridges, tunnels along with sewer and water.
Meetings this fall with the Putnam County Health Department
along with the New York State Public Service Commission took a
hard look at our situation and decided that it was necessary to
create additional funding to address these issues in the coming
years.
Because of this
meeting, they have raised the surcharge to $30 per quarter for
Forest Park to increase the
escrow account to $100,000 for capital improvements going
forward into the future. Should large projects be
necessary within a given year, the new surcharge could go as
high as $50 per quarter.
I am truly sorry for
the extra burden this places on you as one of our water
customers, however it is necessary to supply you with high
quality water on a consistent basis.
Also, bear in mind the
water company makes no profit from surcharges, the money
goes directly to the contractors on a dollar for dollar basis.
Today, the bottled water
business has increased
to a multibillion dollar industry. Everywhere you go, you see
people carrying water. Most of which was purchased at a local store
where they spend their hard earned dollars on a product they believe
is better for them than their tap water. The truth is just the
opposite. Our water must meet more stringent standards than
that of bottled water. We strongly urge our customers to
purchase water bottles and refill them at home.
 Trailer
King
King Truck Equipment
18
Manchester Circle
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
800-372-5354 -- 845-454-7500
Fax 845-485-6753
email sales@trailerking.com
845.790.0996
"The computer
experts"
Hugh
Knickerbocker |
Individuals with serious health issues should review the
"Annual Water Quality Reports" for their system as to
how they may be personally effected by the water quality
analysis.
Bella Moda
271 Route 6
Mahopac, New
York 10541
(845) 628-6667
Well
Drilling
Repairs
845-279-2460
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