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Watering Sprawl by Hugh Mitchell On March 8th Sierra Club held a news conference protesting the Monroe Country Water Authority’s plans to construct an unnecessary large new water treatment plant in Webster. We backed up our claims by releasing to the public our six page study titled Watering Sprawl written by Jack Bradigan-Spula and funded by the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club. The essence of our argument is that construction of a new 50 million gallon a day plant may force the City to sell their water system to the Authority who have a record of aggressively expanding their pipes over the whole region. If they buy the City system we feel it could present a threat to the rare and beautiful upland watershed of Hemlock and Canadice Lakes. Even if a deal can be worked out to preserve these Finger Lake treasures, the City reservoir water will be released to encourage sprawl development along the route 5 & 20 corridor and other areas south of Rochester. Publication of Watering Sprawl has sparked requests for us to republish our 50-page 2001 study on the inner workings of the Monroe County Water Authority called Sprawl Follows the Pipes. Both these papers can be obtained for $10 total plus mailing costs. Send check to Sierra Club, PO Box 39516 , Rochester , N.Y. 14604.
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