BRIARCRIER
Dec. 27,
2013, Friday, 12:15, The Briar's Restaurant, Briarcliff Manor Rotary
Club.
TODAY
IN HISTORY
1932: New
York City's Music Hall opened to public in midtown Manhattan.
MEETING
LEADER: President Anne Cargill
PLEDGE:
Anne Cargill
PRAYER: Bishop John
HAPPY
THOUGHTS: Rick, that his temple helped others; Sam (son of
Scott Lanoff) will be active in Interact when he gets to High School
next year; Frances Chu, home and feeling better. Other happy
thoughts but not correctly recorded.
ROTARIANS
PRESENT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: 12 Rotarians present. Ernie,
grapefruits, each member responsible for at least five cartons.
GUESTS:
Sam Lanoff, Rod Chu (Frances' son).
SPEAKER
AND SUBJECT: Sup't of Public Works Ed Torhan on Briarcliff water
system and other public works.
SUMMARY
OF TALK
The
primary source of Briarcliff's water is New York City, which comes
from the Catskill's Aqueduct. Since NYC's water is not filtered, ours
is not filtered although we add certain chemicals, including chlorine
and anti-lead chemicals, to make sure that our water is fit to
drink. Our water is pumped from NYC. We have a number of storage
tanks almost all with their own generators so that our water
continues to flow after Con Ed's electricity ceases to flow. The
water tanks are high so fed to homes by gravity. We have about two
hours of water stored in the tanks. An alternative source is the
Delaware Aqueduct via the Long Hill Road pumping station. There are
10.34 square miles in our water district. There are almost 60 miles
of water mains, concrete lined. Maintenance is one of the costs
although a lesser cost is buying the water from NYC. The price of
village water is high, and will keep going up. The village spends
most for the Briarcliff School District. Peak demands are during
the summer when many water lawns. Rachel said the Fire Department
uses village water. In our own homes, especially if old, we use a lot
of water. There are only four people used for collection of garbage.
On
Friday January 3 we will meet at a table in the main Briar's
Restaurant (rather than in our regular room) and all will eat off the
menu with a reimbursement of ten dollars to each attending member by
the Club. Sy will give a talk on a MidEast Update on Friday,
Lunch, at 12:15, unless the roads are covered with snow in which
event he and Elinor will not be there.
Elinor
Yuter, Reporter
Rachel
Leihbacher, Expediter
