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Residents press board on water quality, town outlines filtration plan and district steps
Summary
Residents told the Town of Goshen board on March 20 that they have recurring brown water and high iron in Scotchtown; the town said it is preparing cost estimates to install Greensand filtration there and will present a plan to the board within weeks.
At the Town of Goshen’s March 20 meeting, multiple residents told the board they are experiencing brown, iron-laden water in the Scotchtown neighborhood and asked what the town will do to fix it.
Supervisor Petro said the town has completed Greensand filtration upgrades at Hamiltonian Park and is monitoring those systems. He told resident Ali Shalyan, who brought a sample and photographs to the meeting, that town staff had not previously been aware of a widespread Scotchtown problem and that the town will obtain cost estimates for installing a Greensand filtration system there.
Shalyan described repeated brown water episodes and domestic impacts: “...yesterday, 2 days ago, I'm…
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