11/9/2024
WT Staff
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November 9, 2024 801 am EST
NWS: Fire Danger - Red Flag Warning for the southeast
Red Flag Warning issued by NWS New York 336 am EST
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LOWER HUDSON VALLEY, NEW YORK CITY, AND LONG ISLAND...
Until 6 PM EST this evening, the high fire danger is due to winds northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph with relative humidity as low as 24 percent and temp up to 55.
LIGHTNING...None on the radar.
Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are expected or occurring. A combination of strong winds, low
relative humidity, and dry fuels will create a significantly elevated fire growth potential.
Impacting Orange-Putnam-Rockland-Northern Westchester-
New York (Manhattan)-Bronx-Richmond (Staten Island)-Kings (Brooklyn)-
Northern Queens-Southern Queens Counties
Safe Drinking Water Advisory for Newburgh lifted yesterday
Orange County: City of Newburgh has rescinded the boil water advisory issued earlier this week, Monday November 4 following a water main break. After repairs and restoration of water service, the precautionary boil advisory applied for residents and businesses on Little Britain Road from Wisner Avenue to Corwin Court. The water has been tested to potable standards and is safe to drink from the tap.
The initial incident and BWA statement from the City of Newburgh website "On November 4, 2024 at 9:00 a.m., The City of Newburgh Water Department was dispatched to Little Britain Road and Corwin Court for a broken water main. When water mains lose pressure, it increases the chance that untreated water and harmful microbes can enter your water."
"Harmful microbes in drinking water can cause diarrhea, cramps, nausea, headaches, or other symptoms and may pose a special health risk for infants, some elderly, and people with severely compromised immune systems. But these symptoms are not just caused by microbes in drinking water. If you experience any of these symptoms and they persist, you should seek medical advice."
For more information, please contact City of Newburgh Water Department at (845) 565-3356
OR Orange County Health Department at (845) 291-2331
The City requests residents please share this information with other people who drink this water, especially anyone who may not get this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.
See prior quarter EPA - SDWA Compliance Report for NYS, July 2024, here.
Voluntary Water Conservation
The Town of Monroe is asking residents to conserve water as the lack of rainfall, low streamflows and drought conditions have dropped the level in the reservoir. Town of Monroe established 1799 is operates seven water treatment plants in Orange County, each licensed separately. The water districts impacted by the voluntary water conservation request include:
- Water District 1 - High Ridge, population 308, served by surface water source purchased from another licensed facility in Orange County
- Water District 2 - STRL Heights-Hor Manor with 128 residents supplied by a groundwater source
- Water District 7 - Oreco Terrace - distributes potable water to 47 residents served with surface water purchased from another facility
- Water District 8 - Skyview Hills - distributes potable water to 544 residents with surface water purchased from another licensed facility
- Water District 10 - Pine Tree Road - distributes potable water to 50 residents with surface water purchased from another licensed facility
- Water District 12 - Monroe Hills Estates - serves potable water to 196 residents from a groundwater well source in Orange County
- Water District 14 - Orchard Hills Estates - serves potable water to 196 residents from a groundwater well source in Orange County
Orange County is in the Lower Hudson River watershed, rated below normal on the USGS drought map for some time. The below normal streamflows are clearly impacting drinking water supplies in the area, including surface reservoirs and groundwater wells which may not be refreshing underground as fast as the water is withdrawn. Watch for reports of HABs and spills in the region as the water levels are lower and this tends to concentrate nutrients and contaminants spilled. Turn on the watershed layer to view the water events occurring in the same drainage area as Monroe, depicted on the map with a brown tag for low water level.
Check here for the latest hazardous spill report for NYS,
and the latest report of NYS water bodies impacted by HABs this season.
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