Here's a portion of a story written by Dave Rossie of the Press and Sun-Bulletin out of Binghamton, NY. The full story can be found at
http://www.pressconnects.com/sunday/...03s60375.shtml
I just thought that this might be of some interest to those of you that head on up to NY to fish.
"Good news for anglers who cherish the Upper Delaware River system for what it is and what it might become under enlightened management: New York City, which controls the system by way of its upstate reservoir system, has announced plans to build a new aqueduct that carries water into the city.
Construction of the new aqueduct is part of a package of improvements that includes construction of a new filtration plant and rehabilitation of the entire city water system. The price tag for the project is estimated at $16.5 billion.
The key part of the project as far as anglers are concerned is construction of a new 16-mile aqueduct. That will enable the city to shut down and repair the existing one, which is leaking to the tune of an estimated 100 million gallons a day. That is water that is sorely needed back upstate, water that is now going to waste.
New York City has known about the leaks for a decade but has done nothing about them. At one point city officials claimed to be working with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Laboratory in Massachusetts on a submersible vessel that could be put into the aqueduct, where it would locate and repair the leaks. The Woods Hole people said that was news to them and nothing more was heard about that "project."
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A reminder to trout anglers in Region 7, which includes the counties of Broome, Chenango, Tioga, Cortland, Madison, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego and Tompkins. Starting this season your daily creel limit of trout may include no more than two fish over 12 inches in length.
Rossie is Associate Editor of the Press & Sun-Bulletin. His Wildlife Watch appears Sundays."
04-08-2003
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