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Scientists Offer To Study Municipal Water Supply

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With ongoing concern about drinking water in places like Hoosick Falls and Newburgh making national headlines, residents of one upstate New York city aren't taking any chances.

How safe is the water? Hudson residents want to know: the Register-Star reports a team of freshwater scientists from the Eastern New York Chapter of the Nature Conservancy have offered to perform an analysis of the drinking water supply, at no cost to the city, to measure quality and quantity and test for possible pollution.

Hudson's water supply comes from the Taghkanic Creek, a tributary of the Claverack Creek, on the eastern side of Columbia County. Details and a timetable for the study have yet to be worked out.

Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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