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Water Systems

Cayuga Lake photoEH Division Activities

Monitor public water systems to ensure safe drinking water quality and to aid homeowners with water problems.

Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling

The Tompkins County Board of Health adopted a Resolution regarding the dSGEIS proposed by the NYSDEC at its regular meeting on December 8, 2009. The Resolution was sent to the NYSDEC to be included with the public comments being accepted by the NYSDEC through December 31, 2009. A copy of the Resolution is available here (PDF, 42K).

The Tompkins County Health Department, Environmental Health Division, submitted comments on the draft SGEIS for gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale to the NYSDEC to be included with the public comments being accepted by the NYSDEC through December 31, 2009. A copy of the comments is available here (PDF, 210K).

Tompkins County Council of Governments: See the press release (Dec 24 09) regarding their comments here.

Take the
Tompkins County
"Pledge for Clean Water"
at www.cleanwaterpledge.org 

 
updated: August 19, 2010