On March 27th neighbors from the Birchwood/Vly/Denison/Brookhill areas were given a briefing by officials from the Latham Water District and consulting engineers on major water infrastructure upgrades needed to provide adequate water pressure to this "high service area" of Colonie.

Many residents living in the western area of town in these neighborhoods have inadequate water pressure. (Unless they are in one of the new Londonderry Ridge or Forest Hills luxury homes that are hooked up to the $1.8 million town-funded water tower that currently only services those new developments.)

Following the meeting, John Frazer, head of Latham Water District, provided us a copy of the Power Point presentation used during the meeting for SAVE members and other residents who live in this area who might not have been able to attend. The town officials would not commit to maintaining an email update list and regularly updating residents in the affected area, and asked us to do that for them, so we will do our best to share information. This is a long-term project that could take up to 10 years and cost $1 million.

The Town is asking residents to provide them any comments in writing within the next 3-4 weeks by emailing LWD@colonie.org or FrazerJ@colonie.org.