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We have very little water pressure again. We regained our normal pressure yesterday afternoon. It remained normal until about 1 hour ago. Now there is next to nothing. We are in the Schalmont school area.
I went to pick up 2 grand kids at 11:30 this morning to take them to see AVATAR. (I would recommend it to everyone! It wasgreat), Altamont Ave. and Curry were closed off due to the water main break there at that time. |
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| trustbutverify |
| December 27, 2009, 6:41pm |
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The town website had information on it around noon, when I checked. I don't think they can be expected to update it to the very second information comes out. |
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| JoAnn |
| December 27, 2009, 6:45pm |
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ROTTERDAM -- More problems for residents in Rotterdam.
As crews work to repair a water main break on Princetown Road from Saturday, a second water main broke Sunday on Altamont Avenue.
Altamont Avenue is shut down from the between Curry Road and Stewart Street
The Rotterdam Water Department is urging all residents to conserve their water.
A boil water advisory is remains in effect for those living between North Thompson Street at Princetown Road and North Wescott Road at Curry Road and all adjacent side streets.
The advisories remain in effect until further notice.
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Police say that there are at least three water main breaks in the town.
There is a water main break at the corner of Bayberry Road and Puritan Drive and another on Altamont Ave.
Police do not know how many people are without water at this time.
The third water main break happened yesterday on Princetown Road. A boil water advisory remains in effect for that area.
The Rotterdam Water Department says if you live between North Thompson Street at Princetown Road and North Westcott Road at Curry Road or on any adjacent side streets you must boil your water before use.
The boil water notice remains in effect until further notice from the water department.
http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/water-1269710-road-main.html |
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| December 27, 2009, 7:10pm |
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Thanks to our hometown paper, the Times Union, this article is up also:
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Rotterdam residents should go light on water use
By LAUREN STANFORTH, Staff writer
Last updated: 2:45 p.m., Sunday, December 27, 2009
ROTTERDAM -- Residents are being requested to conserve their water after a water main break on Princetown Road Saturday.
Desmond hotels
A second water main break occurred today on Altamont Avenue. Altamont Avenue is reportedly closed from the intersection of Altamont Avenue and Curry Road to Stewart Street.
The Rotterdam Water Department is requesting that all residents conserve water, in addition to a boil advisory in effect for residents surrounding Princetown Road. The boil advisory is for those living between North Thompson Street at Princetown Road and North Westcott Road at Curry Road and all adjacent side streets.
The advisory will stay in effect until further notice.
Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=882458#ixzz0avh9ULIYBy the time the Gazette gets around to printing something, everyone will already know about it, or have gotten sick from drinking garbage water - or ruined their laundry cause of the rust/sediment in it. Nice job Rotterdam - and the Gazette. |
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| mikechristine1 |
| December 27, 2009, 8:17pm |
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On the east side of town. PD said everything with the ones on our side is clear, roads are re-open. Huh? Then why do we still have inability to flush toilets and the water was a trickle. THe 5 corners didn't affect us here, water was fine last night |
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| December 27, 2009, 8:38pm |
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WTH!!!......was there an earthquake? or is it really that bad from lack of upkeep......?????? Time to get on the ball here....... Bet the Junction has water-------  |
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| December 27, 2009, 8:42pm |
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It would appear that our infrastructure could use a major overhaul. |
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| December 27, 2009, 8:49pm |
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I just got a second recorded message from the RPD advising that all Rotterdam residents boil their water until further notice and everyone in the town is affected except Rotterdam Junction. |
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| bumblethru |
| December 27, 2009, 9:10pm |
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Geez....I leave town and have water service at my house....come home tonight and nothing! Like senders said, was there an earthquake? I mean what are the chances of THREE watermain breaks? Or perhaps the state wants that 5 cents for all bottled water containers, huh?
I need to catch up here......does ALL of rotterdam have to boil water when it comes back on? |
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| December 27, 2009, 9:56pm |
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In short yes.. Based on the people I know in town, and where they are, yes, boil your water. |
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| TippyCanoe |
| December 27, 2009, 10:17pm |
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next there will be a run on electricity
or you can support local business and our GREAT state by purchasing bottled water
FDG where is that backhoe - you're gonna need it
Mr. G where is that water pressure study????
if i could just figure out a way to reroute heat the rain water from my roof I'd have more pressure. |
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Good one Tip.......
yeah, the backhoe and all his friends.......
all these years we paid for what????.......
what do we have to show for our $$ for the past 20 or so years????......
SHOW ME THE $$ TRAIL........ |
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One of the highest paid police dept(albeit good) and the leakiest pipes-------
Rotterdam, A Nice Place to Live
Schenectady, A freeloading county
NYS, The Monkey on our Backs
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| December 27, 2009, 11:41pm |
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Three water main breaks in one weekend...WOW! And Rotterdam is adding 261 units at the new Heldeberg Meadows development. Have town planners taken into consideration the additional strain this new development will put on our obviously already stressed water system? These water main breaks used to be annual, now they seem to be happening more frequently. Wasn't there just major work done on the Altamont Ave. water main earlier this year?
Anybody considering purchasing these $300k+ homes might start thinking twice after this most recent failure of town infrastructure. |
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The main concern now is if the water pressure is needed to fight a fire. |
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