Tag: Water Supply

WOMAN’S ASHES WASHED ASHORE; REMAINS FOUND IN CAN AT RESERVOIR

By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Thursday, February 21, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | Four Star B | NEWS | Page B02

Woodcliff Lake police are waiting for relatives to reclaim a canister containing the ashen remains of a Westwood resident.
A Hackensack Water Co. maintenance crew found the canister on the bank of the Woodcliff Lake Reservoir.
It was the wish of the deceased, whom police declined to identify, that her remains be scattered over the reservoir, said Woodcliff Lake Police Capt. Richard Poliey.
“They just didn’t use the proper procedure or contact the water company for permission,” Poliey said.
Martha Green, a Hackensack Water Co. spokeswoman, said that, much as the water company respects a person’s last wish, this was one she thought the company could not grant.
“This comes somewhat as a surprise to me that that is how it got there. I haven’t seen a formal request, and I don’t think that is something that we could or would grant a request for. “
Poliey said he didn’t know how long the canister had been in the water or when it washed ashore.
The canister was sealed and the ashes did not get into the water, Green said. Workers found the canister while cleaning the bank of the reservoir Friday.
Woodcliff Lake is a storage reservoir that feeds the larger Oradell Reservoir, where the Hackensack Water Co. draws water for treatment and purification, before piping it to customers in 60 towns in Bergen and Hudson counties.

Keywords: WESTWOOD; WOMAN; DEATH; WOODCLIFF LAKE; LAKE; WATER; SUPPLY; UTILITY

ID: 17333835 | Copyright © 1991, The Record (New Jersey)

WATER EMERGENCY IN LODI

By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Wednesday, January 30, 1991

The Record (New Jersey) | One Star | NEWS | Page A03

The water flow slowed to a trickle for borough residents Tuesday morning after a predawn water main break, causing state environmental officials to issue a precautionary boil-water order and school to be canceled for the day.
Until further notice, Lodi’s 24,000 residents have been advised to boil water for about 5 minutes before drinking it, using it for cooking, or ingesting it any other way, said Lt. Edward Sturm, Bergen County deputy emergency management coordinator.
Wendell Inhoffer, Passaic Valley Water Authority superintendent and chief engineer, said a 24-inch cast-iron pipe near the Saddle River behind Felician College broke about 5 a.m., causing water pressure for the authority’s 5,000 customers in the borough, including households, apartment buildings, and businesses, to drop.
Much of the pressure was restored to all users by about 7 a.m., he said.
Inhoffer said it was unclear what caused the break but added that the age of the pipe, which was installed in 1942, was probably a factor.
After investigators found the break, water was diverted to other lines while workers repaired the main, Sturm said.
The Hackensack Water Co., for instance, opened a 12-inch interconnecting main that it has with the authority at Terhune Avenue for residents in the southern end of the borough, said Cindy Munley, a spokeswoman for the company. The pipe will be kept open until the Passaic Valley Water Authority is able to resume service, Munley said.
Phone calls concerning the pipe break lit up the police switchboard.
“I must have had 3,000 calls this morning from people complaining that they had no water,” Lodi Police Sgt. Richard Blachfield said. Many of the callers were upset because they couldn’t take a shower, Blachfield said.
“I told them we’d send over a case of Perrier water and they could take a bath,” Blachfield said.
Schools Superintendent Robert Polisse said that, on advice of Acting Police Chief John Pizzuro and out of concern for the health, safety, and welfare of the students, he ordered schools closed for the day.
The Record’s wire services contributed to this report.

Keywords: LODI; WATER; SUPPLY

Caption: 2 PHOTOS – STEVE HOCKSTEIN / THE RECORD 1 – Worker, top, damming water with sandbags after main break in Lodi early Tuesday. 2 – By 9 a.m., concerned residents had bought up nearly all the bottled water in an aisle at Main Street Acme, below.

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ID: 17331302 | Copyright © 1991, The Record (New Jersey)