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| Keywords: small business big heart amsterdam n.y. ny new york ghost town ghosttown dead city upstate real-estate realestate abandoned toxic hazardous waste rape sex offenders stupid criminal real estate mohawk valley mall 12010 blacks african americans capitol region albany animal cruelty abuse buddhists monks crime schenectady troy relocate violent apartments revitalize old factories family owned water contaminated cohoes colonie indoor Published Monday, May 4, 2015 Times Union News By Brian Nearing At least two localities in the Capital Region — Cohoes and Colonie — draw drinking water from the Mohawk River. A Cohoes official said Monday that the city was not informed of the Amsterdam spill, which happened about 30 miles upstream as a result of broken pump stations. "This is profoundly disturbing," said Mark Pascale, an assistant to Cohoes Mayor George Primeau Sr., who said he as well as the heads of the city engineering and public works departments "had no recollection" of being informed of the Amsterdam spill by any state agency. Colonie also uses Mohawk water through the Latham Water District, which supplies water to about 80,000 residents. "A spill of 24 million gallons of sewage into a drinking water source is an obscene amount," said Adrienne Esposito, executive director for Citizens Campaign for the Environment, which supported the state sewer spill reporting law. "This is a prime example of why a reporting law like this was needed." Human exposure to disease-causing pathogens contained in even small amounts of raw sewage can lead to short-term and chronic illnesses, especially for children, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems. Published Monday, May 4, 2015 Times Union News By Brian Nearing At least two localities in the Capital Region — Cohoes and Colonie — draw drinking water from the Mohawk River. A Cohoes official said Monday that the city was not informed of the Amsterdam spill, which happened about 30 miles upstream as a result of broken pump stations. "This is profoundly disturbing," said Mark Pascale, an assistant to Cohoes Mayor George Primeau Sr., who said he as well as the heads of the city engineering and public works departments "had no recollection" of being informed of the Amsterdam spill by any state agency. Colonie also uses Mohawk water through the Latham Water District, which supplies water to about 80,000 residents. "A spill of 24 million gallons of sewage into a drinking water source is an obscene amount," said Adrienne Esposito, executive director for Citizens Campaign for the Environment, which supported the state sewer spill reporting law. "This is a prime example of why a reporting law like this was needed." Human exposure to disease-causing pathogens contained in even small amounts of raw sewage can lead to short-term and chronic illnesses, especially for children, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems. | ||||
