![]() ![]() The city’s lead problem may also be solved by adding corrosion inhibitor after the tanks are installed, said Bella. He said the entire reservoir is not being drained, but only a small portion of it is being filled to place the two large water tanks. Torres did not respond to message for comments on Friday.īella said the raceway system can still be watered using the reservoir even after the tanks have been installed. He has not made any public statements against the project since then. Four months later, his daughter landed a job at the commission. He opposed the tanks at the reservoir in September 2014 at a public gathering in the Paterson Museum. Mayor Jose “Joey” Torres has said he would like to see the reservoir decommissioned and used to water the raceway system. The cost of hiding the tanks comes to $450,000, according to the commission. The commission has shown designs where the water tanks are painted with a forest murals and hidden behind evergreen trees. Soo said the historic district cannot afford to lose anymore resources without jeopardizing its designation as a national landmark. “The district has lost enormous amount of fabric, buildings and contributing resources, since its original designation in the 1970s. Bella doesn’t understand how much harm this is going to do to Paterson,” he said. “It’s not visible from the national park,” he said.ĭavid Soo of the Friends of the Great Falls said the tanks will be visible from the park. Besides the submission of the administrative consent order (ACO) to the Division of Water Supply and Geoscience within the Monday, February 15th, 2016 deadline, the commission has to obtain storm water permits and zoning approvals, said Bella.īella said the tanks impact is minimal on the Great Falls Historic District and the Great Falls National Park. Joe Bella, executive director of the commission, said the tanks project needs to obtain a series of approvals. The second and third phases call for tanks at the New Street and Great Notch reservoirs. The first phase of the project involves draining a portion of the Levine Reservoir to place the tanks. ![]() A movement has formed in opposition to the tanks project which will cost $135 million. “There’s going to be a very high hurdle for this plan to get through the historic review process,” he said.īuilt in 1885, the reservoir is a “contributing asset” to the Great Falls National Park, subjecting it to review by the U.S. Guarasci said the review is delegated by the federal government to the State Historic Preservation Officer. “What still needs to be determined is whether or not what they are proposing complies with historic requirements.” “A whole new battle front will open soon in the area of federal 106 review,” said Bob Guarasci, executive director at the New Jersey Community Development Corporation (NJCDC), which has been vehemently opposed to the tanks project. Levine Reservoir late last month, advocate say the fight is now over the federal review of the project. After the Passaic Valley Water Commission submitted designs to the state to place two 24-foot-high water storage tanks at the Stanley M. ![]()
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