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!" !!! !"#$%&'"()*'+ !!"!!#$%&'(&)!*+*, Capital Region Water Marks 10 Years of ,QIUDVWUXFWXUH &RPPXQLW\ ,PSURYHPHQWV LJ ŚĂƌůŽƩĞ <ĂƚnjĞŶŵŽLJĞƌ͕ K͕ ĂƉŝƚĂů ZĞŐŝŽŶ tĂƚĞƌ tŚĞŶ ĂƉŝƚĂů ZĞŐŝŽŶ tĂƚĞƌ ; ZtͿ ĨŽƌŵĞĚ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϯ͕ ŝƚ ŝŶŚĞƌŝƚĞĚ Ă ǁĂƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐƚĞǁĂƚĞƌ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĂƐ reeling from years of neglect and ƐƵīĞƌŝŶŐ ƵŶĚĞƌ Ă ŵĂƐƐŝǀĞ ďĂĐŬůŽŐ ŽĨ ĚĞĨĞƌƌĞĚ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ ŶĞĞĚƐ͘ EŽǁ͕ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŵƵŶŝĐŝƉĂů ĂƵƚŚŽƌŝƚLJ ŵĂƌŬŝŶŐ its 10th anniversary this month, the ĐŝƚLJ͛Ɛ ŝŶĨƌĂƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ ŝƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĞŶĚ͘ KǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĚĞĐĂĚĞ͕ ĂƉŝƚĂů ZĞŐŝŽŶ tĂƚĞƌ ŚĂƐ ŝŶǀĞƐƚĞĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ΨϮϬϬ million in capital projects to restore failing infrastructure, improve the ŚĞĂůƚŚ ŽĨ ůŽĐĂů ǁĂƚĞƌǁĂLJƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ďĞĂƵƟĨLJ ŶĞŝŐŚďŽƌŚŽŽĚƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ŐƌĞĞŶŝŶŐ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŽŶůLJ ƚŚĞ ďĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ͘ KǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ϭϬ LJĞĂƌƐ͕ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ ΨϯϱϬ ŵŝůůŝŽŶ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŝŶǀĞƐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ ůŽĐĂůŝnjĞĚ ŇŽŽĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ Įdž ĂŐĞĚ ĂŶĚ ƵŶĚĞƌƐŝnjĞĚ ŝŶĨƌĂƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ůŽŶŐ ĂŐŽ ĞdžĐĞĞĚĞĚ ŝƚƐ ƵƐĞĨƵů ůŝĨĞ͘ No one denies the challenges of ŵĂŝŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƵƉŐƌĂĚŝŶŐ Ă ǁĂƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ǁĂƐƚĞǁĂƚĞƌ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚĂŶ Ă ĐĞŶƚƵƌLJ ŽůĚ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ƉůĂĐĞƐ͘ EĞĂƌůLJ ϰϬ ƉĞƌĐĞŶƚ ŽĨ ,ĂƌƌŝƐďƵƌŐ͛Ɛ ƐĞǁĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƐƚŽƌŵǁĂƚĞƌ ;ƌĂŝŶǁĂƚĞƌͿ ŝŶĨƌĂƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞƉĂŝƌĞĚ Žƌ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞĚ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĞƐĞ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĂƌĞ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ŽĨ ůŝĨĞ ĂŶĚ ĞĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ŐƌŽǁƚŚ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂůƐŽ ŐŽ Ă ůŽŶŐ ǁĂLJ ŝŶ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ ǁĞ ŵĞĞƚ ŽƵƌ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů ŽďůŝŐĂƟŽŶƐ͘ ZĞĐĞŶƚůLJ͕ ĂŌĞƌ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ ŽĨ ŶĞŐŽƟĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĐŽŵŵĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ :ƵƐƟĐĞ ĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚ Ă ŵŽĚŝĮĐĂƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ϮϬϭϱ WĂƌƟĂů Consent Decree among Capital Region tĂƚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŝƚLJ ŽĨ ,ĂƌƌŝƐďƵƌŐ͕ ƚŚĞ h͘^͘ ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů WƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ ŐĞŶĐLJ͕ and Pennsylvania Department of ŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚĂů WƌŽƚĞĐƟŽŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŚŝƐƚŽƌŝĐ ĂŐƌĞĞŵĞŶƚ ĚĞĮŶĞƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŽƌŬ ǁĞ ŵƵƐƚ ĚŽ ƚŽ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĞŶƐƵƌĞ ƌĞŐƵůĂƚŽƌLJ ĐŽŵƉůŝĂŶĐĞ͘ DŽƌĞ ĐĞƌƚĂŝŶůLJ ŶĞĞĚƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚŽŶĞ͘ Ƶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĚŽĞƐŶ͛ƚ ŵĞĂŶ ǁĞ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŝŐŶŽƌĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŐŽŽĚ ǁŽƌŬ ĂŶĚ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ investments that have been made ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ /Ŷ ϮϬϭϲ͕ ĂƉŝƚĂů ZĞŐŝŽŶ tĂƚĞƌ completed a $50 million biological ŶƵƚƌŝĞŶƚ ƌĞŵŽǀĂů ; EZͿ ƵƉŐƌĂĚĞ ƚŽ ŽƵƌ ĚǀĂŶĐĞĚ tĂƐƚĞǁĂƚĞƌ dƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ &ĂĐŝůŝƚLJ͘ tĞ ĚĞŵŽŶƐƚƌĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚLJ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞŵƉůŽLJƐ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĐƵƫŶŐͲĞĚŐĞ ƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞƐ ŝŶ the region, can reduce total nitrogen ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƞůŽǁŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƚŽ ďĞƩĞƌ ĂƉŝƚĂů ZĞŐŝŽŶ tĂƚĞƌ ǁŽƌŬƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ &ƌŽŶƚ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ /ŶƚĞƌĐĞƉƚŽƌ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚ ĞĂƌůŝĞƌ ƚŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ͘ Zt ĐƌĞǁ ƉĞƌĨŽƌŵƐ ŝŶůĞƚ ŵĂŝŶƚĞŶĂŶĐĞ͘ m E m B E r s p o t l i G h t
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