State scales back on salt study
By Ry Rivard
State lawmakers are apparently bowing to concerns that the study could expose the state to liability from residents with unsafe water.
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Ry covers water for the Explorer. Before coming to New York, he reported on water and energy for Voice of San Diego.
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By Ry Rivard
State lawmakers are apparently bowing to concerns that the study could expose the state to liability from residents with unsafe water.
By Ry Rivard
The Lake George Park Commission approved new construction regulations on Tuesday designed to keep the lake clear of algal blooms and other signs of pollution.
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Nine years after they sued the state in the court of claims, a judge sided with the Fredericks and found the Thruway Authority owes the farmers $91,000 for the damage its road salt caused.
By Ry Rivard
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By Ry Rivard
Researchers, regulators and residents have worried, complained, studied and suffered for years — yet the state has done little to get its arms around the problem of road salt contamination. Until this year.
By Ry Rivard
By 2015, the Fund for Lake George, a nonprofit watchdog for the lake that anchors one of the country’s desirable lakefront property markets, said salt was “the acid rain of our time.” Now, years later, the state may get serious about the problem.