Kiryas Joel, NY – KJ Bid To Alleviate Water Shortage By Accessing Well Turned Down By Appeals Court

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    In this photo provided by the Village of Kiryas Joel, a work site seen inside the village of Kiryas Joel, where workmen have been laying, burying and otherwise constructing a water-transmission pipeline.Kiryas Joel, NY – It was another bad day in court for Kiryas Joel officials whose bid to access water from a well owned by the village in the nearby town of Cornwall was denied by an appeals court.

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    The Times Herald Record (http://bit.ly/2rVUYeD) reported that four Appellate judges refused on Wednesday to reconsider its earlier decision to restrict the town’s access to the well pending two permit challenges. The panel of judges agreed to fast track the case, ordering court papers to be filed by July 31st so that it could be scheduled for the upcoming September term.

    The village had hoped to begin pumping water by the beginning of June. Kiryas Joel officials asked the court to withdraw the injunction because of a severe water shortage in order to tap into at least a portion of the 612,000 gallons of water daily that had been allowed by the state.

    As previously reported on VIN News (http://bit.ly/2sYF7MO), Kiryas Joel has been hoping to solve its current water crisis by tapping into the Cornwall well, part of a 13 ½ mile long pipeline system that has been under construction for years. Opponents of the project have continued a steady barrage of legal challenges, the latest of which resulted in an injunction preventing Kiryas Joel from accessing the Cornwall water while a prior case is appealed to the State Supreme Court.

    The pipeline, which would give Kiryas Joel access to New York City’s Catskill Aqueduct, has been opposed by several neighboring towns and villages who say it would deplete the local water supply. Kiryas Joel officials say that those claims are unfounded.


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    6 years ago

    Maybe move back to the old country.

    triumphinwhitehouse
    triumphinwhitehouse
    6 years ago

    Why do they keep instigating their Akum neighbors? At least the Zionists do it on Jewish land, that was liberated though not pacified from the Arab threat.

    yaakov doe
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    yaakov doe
    6 years ago

    Is there any reason that the government of Kiryas Yoel can’t simply dig their own well?

    Sholi-Katz
    Sholi-Katz
    6 years ago

    I always wondered -what is the big problem of water. A town like KY buys 2 tanker trucks, find a good well somewhere (or some heavy fed lake) and every night pump water into the trucks and the next day fill up the village holding tanks.
    Any one know why that can’t be done, and not have to fight around with all the neighbors?

    Liepa
    Liepa
    6 years ago

    To #2 & #3, why doesn’t Kiryas Joel deserve to have water, much like everyone else in NY state.

    Raphael_Kaufman
    Raphael_Kaufman
    6 years ago

    You know, it occurs to me that there exists a place where anti-Israel groups like Satmar, Skver and other like minded apostates can have, not only their own communities but their own whole country. It’s called Birobidzhan. It’s in southern Siberia and borders on China and it was established as a Jewish Autonomous Region. Halevai, they should all go there and stop bothering real Jews. The weather is lovely there this time of year