Protecting Poestenkill's Drinking Water & Investigating Emerging Contaminants; Community Availability Session Scheduled

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is committed to keeping the community informed of the progress of the investigation into finding a source of drinking water well contamination in Poestenkill and continues to work with our partners at the State Department of Health and Rensselaer County Department of Health to ensure residents have access to clean water.

This link opens a fact sheet that provides an update on efforts to ensure the protection of drinking water in Poestenkill, Rensselaer County and DEC’s efforts to investigate a potential source of contamination:

https://www.dec.ny.gov/data/der/factsheet/poestenkillupdate0423.pdf

DEC has scheduled a community availability session on May 18, from 5 to 8 PM at the Algonquin Middle School Cafeteria to update the community on ongoing efforts to protect drinking water supplies and to discuss the various aspects of the investigation. Please see fact sheet for details about the investigation and availability session.

Please refer to the attached community update summarizing the extensive investigation and visit DEC’s website at https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/124334.html for associated reports.

The fact sheet is in PDF format. You can save, open, and read the fact sheet by using Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can go to the following web page on the DEC web site to download the program: https://www.dec.ny.gov/about/590.html

Please do not respond to this email. Replies go to an untended mailbox. If you have questions about the contaminated site identified above, please use the contact information provided in the fact sheet.