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.

1. 302 @ High School
2. Holland Ave @ Elementary School
3. Maple Ave & Kelly Ave
4. Main St & New St
5. Main St & Depot St
6. Railroad Ave North of Depot St
7. North St & New St

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 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.

Water Main Break - 04/11/2023

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.

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 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.  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 7^th, 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 1^st. 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