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Residents and experts urge council to act after new Loughbury Lake water study; DPW says it initiated source-discovery RFP
Summary
Multiple public commenters flagged a March study on Loughbury Lake that they said documents declining yield and rising nutrient levels. Speakers asked the council to allocate resources to protect the city's drinking-water supply; the DPW commissioner said the department had issued an RFP for additional sources and awarded a contract in June.
Several residents and experts raised alarms during the public-comment period about a new study of Loughbury (Loughbury/Laubre) Lake, a primary open watershed source for Saratoga Springs' water supply.
BK Kiaramati, who said he lives at 27 Granite Street, told the council he received a copy of a March study from DPW and described its findings as showing “major degradations of quality and quantity of water since the 2001 report.” He said he could not understand why the report had not been publicly released earlier and urged the council to allocate capital and operating resources to address the risks.
A medical doctor with public-health experience, David S. Pratt, told the council he had reviewed the…
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