Public Hearing Scheduled for May 25th at 5:00 P.M. Regarding DEIS for Proposed Rye Lake Drinking Water Filtration Plant ...

The  public  is  invited  to  comment  on the Draft Environmental  Impact  Statement (DEIS) for  a  proposed $110  million drinking water filtration plant to be built in the Town/Village of Harrison. Westchester Joint Water Works (WJWW), a  nonprofit  public  benefit  corporation  that  supplies  water  to  some  120,000 Westchester County residents, authorized the release of the DEIS for public comment and review  by  other  public  agencies  at  its  April  12,  2022 board  meeting. Submission  of  the DEIS is an important step forward in the process to build the plant to provide filtration for WJWW’s  raw  water  source  at  Rye  Lake. In  accordance  with  the  New  York  State Department of Health and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency orders, the plant is mandatory for WJWW to comply with surface water treatment requirements and control harmful levels of disinfection by-products.

WHAT:  WJWW  has  scheduled  a public  hearing  to  take  comments  on  the DEIS for  a proposed drinking water filtration plant to be built in the Town/Village of Harrison

WHEN: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 5:00 P.M.

WHERE:Town of Mamaroneck Town Center Court Room, 2nd floor740 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, NY 10543

The meeting is open to in-person attendance and will be broadcast live on Optimum 75 / Fios 36 and can also can be viewed at https://reflect-vod-lmctv.cablecast.tv/cablecastapi/live?channel_id=1&use_cdn=true . The  public comment  period  on  the  DEIS  began  April  13,  2022  and WJWW  will  accept written comments until June 6, 2022 by mail to Westchester Joint Water Works at 1625 Mamaroneck  Avenue,  Mamaroneck,  NY  10543  or  by  email  to seqr@wjww.com. For  information  about  the drinking water filtration  plant and the  SEQRA  process, visit www.wjwwfiltration.org.