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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 outdoor This is the river that the raw sewage was dumped into. This is their park that floods from the river regularly. When 24 million gallons of raw sewage spews into a river used as a drinking water source, environmental officials should be notified immediately. In fact, state law requires just such notification. But a notification requirement is useless if the people whose water comes from that source aren't told. Nor will notification stop spills. Only an investment in infrastructure will do that. The lapse is all the more egregious considering the 2013 law that requires immediate public notification of such spills. Had the communities been alerted, they could have increased monitoring and, if necessary, taken extra steps to ensure the safety of their water supply. The poor excuse offered for this delay is that an Amsterdam official wrote "24 mil" instead of "24,000,000" in reporting the spill to DEC. Amsterdam Mayor Anne Thane said DEC was fully aware of the pump malfunction and the city's difficulties finding needed parts for the repairs. The real problem here, though, is not just aging sewers, but water systems, roads and bridges, too. All have been neglected, in Amsterdam, New York. Wtih businesses and people moving out of the city and fewer and fewer people moving into the City this is a problem that will only continue to worsen. A Superfund site is any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an imminent risk to human health and/or the environment. There are 58 such sites in the Greater Amsterdam New York area and 8 within the City of Amsterdam New York limits. There are many other hazardous waste sites that fall just underneath the hazardous waste (EPA) guidelines so the actual count of toxic sites is much higher. This makes Toxic Ghost town Amsterdam New York unsafe for new comers in more ways than one. This is the river that the raw sewage was dumped into. This is their park that floods from the river regularly. When 24 million gallons of raw sewage spews into a river used as a drinking water source, environmental officials should be notified immediately. In fact, state law requires just such notification. But a notification requirement is useless if the people whose water comes from that source aren't told. Nor will notification stop spills. Only an investment in infrastructure will do that. The lapse is all the more egregious considering the 2013 law that requires immediate public notification of such spills. Had the communities been alerted, they could have increased monitoring and, if necessary, taken extra steps to ensure the safety of their water supply. The poor excuse offered for this delay is that an Amsterdam official wrote "24 mil" instead of "24,000,000" in reporting the spill to DEC. Amsterdam Mayor Anne Thane said DEC was fully aware of the pump malfunction and the city's difficulties finding needed parts for the repairs. The real problem here, though, is not just aging sewers, but water systems, roads and bridges, too. All have been neglected, in Amsterdam, New York. Wtih businesses and people moving out of the city and fewer and fewer people moving into the City this is a problem that will only continue to worsen. A Superfund site is any land in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an imminent risk to human health and/or the environment. There are 58 such sites in the Greater Amsterdam New York area and 8 within the City of Amsterdam New York limits. There are many other hazardous waste sites that fall just underneath the hazardous waste (EPA) guidelines so the actual count of toxic sites is much higher. This makes Toxic Ghost town Amsterdam New York unsafe for new comers in more ways than one. | ||||
