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Liaison committee discusses enforcing town water restrictions for county users and county supervisor proposes groundwater protection ordinance
Summary
Town officials raised enforcement challenges when mandatory water restrictions apply to town customers who live in the county; a county supervisor also presented a proposed Warren County Groundwater Protection Ordinance aimed at limiting large industrial/consumptive groundwater withdrawals and protecting private wells.
Town staff and county supervisors discussed two linked water issues: enforcement of town water restrictions for county customers who receive town water, and a county supervisor’s proposal for a groundwater protection ordinance.
Town representatives said mandatory water restrictions implemented by the town affect both residential and commercial uses under town ordinance (for example, watering, some car washes and landscape irrigation). The problem, they noted, is enforcement: the town’s police cannot enforce ordinances in county…
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