There will be a special meeting of the Town of Romulus Town Board on Friday, May 19 at 8:00AM at the Romulus Town Hall in Willard.
This is a special meeting to pass a single resolution in support of the Willard Water project CDBG grant. No other business will be transacted. This is a public meeting, however there will be no opportunity for comment.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, THE ROMULUS TOWN PLANNING BOARD Will hold a Public Hearing on May 15, 2023 at 6:00 pm at Town of Romulus Town Hall, 1435 Prospect Street, Willard, NY 14588 with regard to a Subdivision Application from David and Michelle Herndon c/o David G. Mashewske, ESQ. to subdivide 15.213 acres with a physical address 6748-6754 RTE 96A In the Town of Romulus Into two lots from property identified as Tax ID# 11-1-07.1. A copy of the application is on the Town of Romulus website and available to view at the Romulus Town Hall, 1435 Prospect Street, Willard NY 14588.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, at the aforementioned time and place all interested residents will be afforded an opportunity to submit written and oral comments in person or by his agent. The regular Planning Board meeting will Follow immediately.
Written comments may also be sent to
Town of Romulus
Attn: Planning Board
P.O. Box 177
Willard, NY 14588
or emailed to janet.lynch@romulustown.com.
By order of the Planning Board
Jane Braunig
Romulus Town Clerk
NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS OF THE WILLARD WATER DISTRICT PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Dear Willard Water District Public Water Supply Customer,
The Willard Water District Public Water Supply recently violated a drinking water standard set by the New York State Department of Health. Although this is not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened, what you should do, and what the district is doing to address this situation.
The Willard Water District’s public water supply has levels of trihalomethanes above that specified by the New York State Department of Health. The district is required to sample water for trihalomethanes within the district’s distribution system each quarter of the year, and then average the quarterly sample results obtained within the past twelve months. This value is called the Running Annual Average. The New York State Department of Health has set the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for the Running Annual Average of trihalomethanes at 80 parts per billion. The Willard Water District’s public water system’s current Running Annual Average is 83.675 parts per billion or 3.675 parts per billion above the allowable concentration. (The sample that was take in February had a result of 38.4 parts per billion.) Water samples are collected at the far ends in the distribution system where the trihalomethane levels should be the highest and therefore may not be representative of the system as a whole.
We are required by the New York State Department of Health to advise you through this mailing of this situation and to provide you with additional information concerning trihalomethanes. Here are brief answers to some questions you might have:
What should I do?
You do not need to boil your water or take other corrective actions. No immediate action is required or necessary. If you wish to take further precautions, however, you can use bottled water or use individual household filters certified to remove trihalomethanes. You do not have to avoid using the water.
Is It Safe to Drink My Water?
It has yet to be determined whether drinking water above 80 parts per billion is a health danger. However, for more than three decades the Health Department’s drinking water standards were set at a much higher level of 100 parts per billion.
Who is affected?
Individuals receiving public water within the Willard Water District.
Where do trihalomethanes come from?
Trihalomethanes are a group of chemicals that includes chloroform, bromoform, bromodichloromethane, and chlorodibromomethane. Trihalomethanes are formed in drinking water during treatment by chlorine, which reacts with certain acids that are in naturally-occurring organic material (e.g., decomposing vegetation such as tree leaves, algae or other aquatic plants) in surface water sources such as rivers and lakes. The amount of trihalomethanes in drinking water can change from day to day, depending on the temperature, the amount of organic material in the water, the amount of chlorine added, and a variety of other factors. Drinking water is disinfected by public water suppliers to kill bacteria and viruses that could cause serious illnesses. Chlorine is the most commonly used disinfectant in New York State. For this reason, disinfection of drinking water by chlorination is beneficial to public health.
The Willard Water District’s public water is drawn from Seneca Lake. The water is filtered and then disinfected with chlorine by the Willard Drug Treatment Center before it is delivered to the Willard Water District.
What are the potential health effects?
Some studies suggest that people who drink chlorinated water (which contains trihalomethanes) or water containing elevated levels of trihalomethanes for long periods of time may have an increased risk for certain health effects. For example, some studies of people who drank chlorinated drinking water for 20 to 30 years show that long term exposure to disinfection by-products (including trihalomethanes) is associated with an increased risk for certain types of cancer. A few studies of women who drank water containing trihalomethanes during pregnancy show an association between exposure to elevated levels of trihalomethanes and small increased risks for low birth weights, miscarriages and birth defects. However, in each of the studies, how long and how frequently people actually drank the water, as well as how much trihalomethanes the water contained is not known for certain. Therefore, we do not know for sure if the observed increases in risk for cancer and other health effects are due to trihalomethanes or some other factor. The individual trihalomethanes chloroform, bromodichloromethane and dibromochloromethane cause cancer in laboratory animals exposed to high levels over their lifetimes. Chloroform, bromodichloromethane and dibromochloromethane are also known to cause effects in laboratory animals after high levels of exposure, primarily on the liver, kidney, nervous system and on their ability to bear healthy offspring. Chemicals that cause adverse health effects in laboratory animals after high levels of exposure may pose a risk for adverse health effects in humans exposed to lower levels over long periods of time.
What Is the Willard Water District Doing About It?
Consumers having questions on any of the above can contact the Town of Romulus at (607) 869-9326, or the Seneca County Health Department at (315) 539-1945.
Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments and businesses) by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.
Willard Water District
The Tax Collector will be available in the Town Office building the following hours for payment of property taxes.
January 1, 2022 to January 31, 2022
February 1, 2022 to February 28, 2022
March 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022
A drop box located in the front of the Town Office building is also available anytime.
All taxes unpaid as of April 1, 2022 will have to be paid at the Seneca County Office Building, 1 DiPronio Drive, Waterloo, NY 13165.