By Rebecca Martin Great work, everyone. Thanks for showing up and testifying this evening. Your support made the start to this campaign a successful one. Special thanks to Kingston’s Common Council, who really were as surprised as all of us regarding the proposed water sale to Niagara Bottling Company. A big thanks to Alex Beauchamp … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin Today, a press release was printed in the Daily Freeman that was written by the Water Department Superintendent Judy Hansen. In it, the Ashokan Reservoir is noted as part of Kingston’s emergency water planning. I’ve bolded this text in the body of the press release below that states: “The availability of … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin I’d like to turn your attention for a moment to a critical aspect of the current SEQR process for the Niagara Bottling Company where the Town of Ulster Town Board is lead agent. Have a look at page 1 in ‘Full Environmental Assessment Form’ (EAF) submitted to SEQR. In the ‘Brief Description … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin Click on former Ward 3 Alderman Charlie Landi’s photo to read the recent article in the Daily Freeman. It has inspired a pop quiz. Lets see how much we know about Kingston’s water supply. The Questions. What is Cooper Lake’s current ‘safe or dependable’ yield? What is the current ‘safe … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin According to this “Report on the Impact of the Proposed Hudson River Landing Development on Kingston Water Department” created in 2007, it says that “the COK had a daily water usage of 3.28 million GPD (today, it is at 3.5 million GPD) and that at that time our ‘safe or dependable … Read more…
VIEW the post on KingstonCitizens.org VIEW the event invitation on Facebook WHAT Kingston Common Council Meeting Public Comment WHEN Tuesday, October 7th at 7:30pm WHERE Kingston City Hall Council Chambers (top floor) 420 Broadway (across from the Kingston High School) Kingston, NY ### By Rebecca Martin It’s great to see so many residents and … Read more…
A historic water sales referendum passed in Kingston: 3,625 to 737. Selling city water to outside entities currently falls under the purview of the Kingston Board of Water Commissioners, whose members are appointed by the mayor. The Common Council’s only role related to city water is to authorize any borrowing requested by the Water Board. … Read more…
My name is Rachel Marco-Havens, I live in Woodstock. Thank you. I am an active member of KingstonCitizens.org and am here also representing Earth Guardians NY, which is a youth Led organization who’s main focus is addressing solutions for Climate Change and working for the health and well being on the planet now, and for generations to come. The … Read more…
My name is Debra Bresnan and I live on Abeel Street in Kingston. I have been actively involved on the Executive Committee of KingstonCitizens.org since last October when I first learned of the Niagara proposal. I want to thank the members of the Common Council Caucus for their unanimous decision to recommend that Resolution #134 … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin The Town of Ulster (ToU) Town Board will meet on Thursday, January 22nd at 7:00pm. It was REPORTED that the new deadline for the Chazen Companies to submit a draft scoping document for Niagara was to occur on 1/22/15 which is tomorrow. Although at the last ToU Town Board Meeting Supervisor Quigley … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin We wish to thank everyone for their swift support in signing the petition generated by a coalition of organizations that requests the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Committee and Governor Cuomo not to fund the Niagara Water Bottling Facility at this time. 1553 signatures and still growing at this time! VIEW PETITION We … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin KingstonCitizens.org hosted a public educational forum with our guest Alex Beauchamp from Food & Water Watch. Thanks to Clark Richters of Kingston News for capturing the bulk of the evening. 0:00 – 3:50 A brief history of bottled water 3:51 – 5:02 How has marketing convinced us that bottled water is safer? … Read more…
By Rebecca Martin There are new engineering documents now available on the City of Kingston Water Department site. The first is one many have been waiting to view. It is the CDM Smith ‘Niagara Water Bottling Plant Demand Analysis Results’ that the Kingston Water Board had had created to explore Niagara’s 1 million and 1.75 … Read more…
KingstonCitizens.org to host a public educational forum and discussion called “Bottled Water: Bad for the People and the Environment” on Thursday, December 4th at the Kingston Public Library 55 Franklin Street, in Kingston NY from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. Guest panelist will be Alex Beauchamp, Northeast Regional Director of Food and Water Watch (Washington, DC). Kingston, NY – … Read more…
“We are writing concerning the proposed Niagra Bottling Plant SEQR review process. We are asking for a positive declaration on the following grounds. We strongly believe that both Cooper Lake and the location of the proposed Niagara plant are potential Level One archeological sites. We are writing concerning the proposed Niagra Bottling Plant SEQR review … Read more…