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Water Main Flushing Program Pine Bush Water
The 2024 Water Main Flushing Program:
Time flushing 9:00 am to 4:00pm
May 6 - Main Well, Holland, EJR, Kelly, Borden, Cameron, Church, Edmunds
May 7 - Crispell, Blackhawk, Stock Market, Boniface
May 8 - Boniface, Ted, McDonalds to Route 52
May 9 - Maple, Charles, Prospect, New Center
May 10 -True Value Plaza, Rt 52, Hueg, Depot, Railroad, North
May 13 & 14 - Orchard, Shawangunk, Van Kueren, Finneran, Kerilee, Greising, Martin, Arthur, Gross, Hardenburgh
Please contact the Water Department at 845-744-2515 with any question about the 2024 flushing programs.
More Information about Flushing:
During the flushing program, most crews work between 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday
What is the Water Main (Hydrant) Flushing Program?
To improve water quality and minimize discoloration, water mains are comprehensively flushed by a technique known as Conventional flushing. The procedure is performed in warm-weather months and involves the systematic opening and closing of hydrants, one section of the main at a time, to force the water through the pipes at high velocity, removing accumulated mineral sediment until the water is clear. The operation can take from a few minutes to over hour, although most last about 30 minutes.
How will Flushing Affect Water Services?
When flushing crew are working close to your residence or business, you may experience periods of very low pressure or even a complete stoppage of service. Flushing operations may also lead to discolored water, which can be drawn into homes and businesses if the water is being used during or immediately following flushing. Such events should affect customers for a few hours at the most. The discoloration is caused by iron (red color) or manganese (black color) particles being dislodged from the water main which can stain porcelain and laundry. If discoloration occurs, open cold tap nearest the water meter-usually a basement sink-to full flow until the water runs clear. In some situations, this may take 5 to 10 minutes. It also advised that you make sure your water is clear before doing laundry or other projects for which discolored water could cause problems. A precise schedule of flushing operations is difficult to determine more than a day or two in advance. We ask for your patience and understanding during this critical main cleaning process.
Good afternoon. This is the Pine Bush Water and Sewer District. We are doing flow tests on seven hydrants on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 from 9:00 am to noon which may affect your water. This is required for fire protection.
It is advised that you make sure your water runs clear before doing laundry or other projects to which discolored water could cause problems around this time. Thank you for your patience while we continue to work on improvements to the water and sewer district. Any questions, please call 744-2515.
The Water Main Flushing Program that was set to begin today will start tomorrow instead due to the severe weather we've had. The whole schedule is set back a day.
We ask for your patience and understanding during this critical main cleaning process. Please call 744-2515 with any questions or concerns.
Water Main Flushing Program
The 2023 Water Main Flushing Program will began on Monday, July 10, 2023 (all flushing is daytime unless otherwise noted):
July 10th Main well to Main Street, includes Holland to EJR, Kelly, Borden and Cameron
July 11th Main well to Black hawk Road, Boniface, to Route 52(McDonalds) includes Ted, and Hannaford.
July 12th Route 302 to Route 52i includes High School, Crispell, Edmunds and Main Street
July 13th Maple Ave., New St., Center, Charles, Prospect, Railroad.
July 14th Depot, Hueg Place
July 17th North St., Orchard, Van Kueren, Shawangunk, Finneran, James, Kerilee
July 18th Greising, Marten, Arthur, Gross, Hardenburgh
Please contact Water Department at (845) 744-2515 with any questions or comments about 2023 flushing program.
More Information About Flushing
During the flushing season, most crews work between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
To improve water quality and minimize discoloration, water mains are comprehensively flushed by a technique known as Conventional flushing. The procedure is performed in warm-weather months and involves the systematic opening and closing of hydrants, one section of main at a time, to force the water through the pipes at high velocity, removing accumulated mineral sediment until the water is clear. The operation can take from a few minutes to over an hour, although most last about 30 minutes.
How Will Flushing Affect Water Service?
When flushing crews are working close to your residence or business, you may experience periods of very low pressure or even a complete stoppage of service. Flushing operations may also lead to discolored water, which can be drawn into homes and businesses if the water is being used during or immediately following the flushing. Such events should affect customers for a few hours at most. The discoloration is caused by iron (red color) or manganese (black color) particles being dislodged from the water main which can stain porcelain and laundry. If discoloration occurs, open the cold tap nearest the water meter—usually a basement sink—to full flow until the water runs clear. In some situations, this may take 5 to 10 minutes. It is also advised that you make sure your water is clear before doing laundry or other projects for which discolored water could cause problems.
A precise schedule of flushing operations is difficult to determine more than a day or two in advance. If you wish to be notified before work will be done in your area, please call Water Department at (845) 744-2515
We ask for your patience and understanding during this critical main cleaning process.
Water Main Break - 04/11/2023
There was a major water main break at the carwash on Boniface and we continue to work on it. Service should be restored by early evening.
There was a major water main break at the carwash on Boniface and we hope to be restored by early afternoon.
The Town of Crawford is pleased to announce that we are in the process of transitioning our water meter reading system to a LTE Cellular endpoint system to efficiently and securely deliver meter reading data to us via a reliable cellular network. You will be able to monitor your own water use via an “App”, accessible on your phone, tablet or computer. You will also be able to set up alarms for excessive use, leaking/ dripping faucets, toilets, etc.
We are asking that you contact our Water & Sewer Department at 845-744-2515 to schedule an appointment to have your Cellular endpoint installed. Be sure to leave your name, address, account and telephone number, an employee from our contracting company, JCO will return your call to set up an appointment day and time.
The 2022 Water Main Flushing Program:
Time flushing 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
October 24 – Holland, Kelly, Borden, and Church Street
October 25 – Edmunds, Cameron St, Boniface Dr., Blackhawk, and Ted
October 26 – Ted and all of Route 52
October 27 – Maple, Charles, Prospect, New and Center
October 28 – Hueg, Depot, Railroad and North St
October 31 – Orchard, Shawangunk, Van Keuren, Finneran, Kerilee, Greising, Martin, Arthur, Gross, and Hardenburg
Please contact Water Department at 744-2515 with any questions or comments about 2022 flushing program.
More Information about Flushing
During the flushing program, most crews work between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
When flushing crews are working close to your residence or business, you may experience periods of very low pressure or even a complete stoppage of service. Flushing operations may also lead to discolored water, which can be drawn into homes and businesses if the water is being used during or immediately following the flushing. Such events should affect customers for a few hours at most. The discoloration is caused by iron (red color) or manganese (black color) particles being dislodged from the water main which can stain porcelain and laundry. If discoloration occurs, open the cold tap nearest the water meter—usually a basement sink—to full flow until the water runs clear. In some situations this may take 5 to 10 minutes. It is also advised that you make sure your water is clear before doing laundry or other projects for which discolored water could cause problems.
A precise schedule of flushing operations is difficult to determine more than a day or two in advance. We ask for your patience and understanding during this critical main cleaning process.
This is the Town of Crawford water district calling with an important announcement. We recently had unauthorized use of our fire hydrants which caused the water to become discolored and rusty. We have already flushed several lines clearing up much of the problem. This Thursday July 7th, we will be flushing Holland Avenue, Main Street, Center Street, and Hueg Place. If you experience discoloring after the flushing please open an outside faucet and run it until the water clears before doing any laundry or running any inside faucets. If you have any further questions please call the water department at 744-2515. As a further update we hope to have our new filtration system for the entire hamlet in place by September 1st. Thank you for your patience while we address this situation
Town of Crawford
County of Orange
State of New York
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Crawford Town Board will have a Special Meeting
for the purpose of returning the 2021 unpaid water, sewer and property maintenance charges to
Orange County for relevy on the 2022 Property Tax bills at Town Hall, 121 State Route 302,
Pine Bush on Monday, December 13, 2021 at 5:30 pm and any other matters that may come
before the board at this time.
The Town of Crawford will make every effort to assure that the hearing is accessible to persons with disabilities. Anyone requiring special assistance and/or reasonable accommodations should contact the Town Clerk.
Date: December 8, 2021
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD
TOWN OF CRAWFORD
Jessica M. Kempter, Town Clerk