TOWN OF NEWBURGH – While Washington Lake, the City of Newburgh’s primary water source is in the Town of Newburgh, the contamination issue does not impact the town. It only affects the city.
“Our water supply and distribution systems are completely separate from the city,” Town Supervisor Gilbert Piaquadio said on Tuesday. “They are not connected. They are not even close. The water emergency in the City of Newburgh has nothing to do with the town whatsoever.”
The Town of Newburgh receives its water from the Delaware Aqueduct and is treated in a new state-of-the-art treatment plant built and operated by the town.
