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Village of Chester
47 Main Street
Chester, New York 10918
Phone:
845-469-2388
FAX: 845-469-5999
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Village of Chester Water System was established in 1892. The source
of this supply was a surface water supply located in Monroe, NY.
This water supply is still in use today This water supply source has
a DEC permitted withdrawal of 800,000 gallons per day.
A second
source of supply was used in the early 1960's and was permitted for
use by the Village of Chester in 1973. This source has an updated
DEC permit allowing for 1.1 million gallons of withdrawal per day. |
The Village of Chester Water
Department has three full-time employees.....
- Water Commissioner - Thomas E.
Becker
- Water Plant Operator - Gary Green,
Jr.
- Water Plant Operator - Joseph
Grassi
Our department employees are all
licensed by New York State as IIA Water Plant Operators' They also
hold "D" Water licenses for Village distribution systems and are
Certified Backflow Prevention device testers. |
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In 2006, 213 million gallons of water
were produced for an average of 585,000 gallons per day. Our
distribution system consists of over 28 miles of water main in sizes
from 2" to 12 ". We have 170 fire hydrants, 380 mainline water
valves, 900 service connections and three water storage tanks with a
combined storage capacity of 2 million gallons. |
WATER DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Our number one priority is to
produce safe potable drinking water for the Village of Chester.
- We are responsible for the
operations and maintenance on all our water facilities.
- Maintain our entire water
distribution system.
- Fulfill all of the water testing
requirements required by the Orange County Health Department.
- Do mark outs for Dig Safely NY
requests.
- Water meter readings,
replacements, and repair.
- Oversee all work done on our water
mains that are connected to our water system.
- As a small water system, our
employees cover all aspects of the water industry.
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PROJECTS THE WATER DEPARTMENT IS
CURRENTLY WORKING ON:
- A filtration plant upgrade.
- 3000 ft. of replacement water main
along Route 17M.
- Water meter replacement throughout
the Village.
- Mapping out individual home curb
valves in the Village
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