With all the rain the Hudson Valley has had this summer, village officials are very pleased to report that the Bog Meadow Reservoir, which provides water for both Highland Falls and Fort Montgomery, is “totally in good shape”.
“We are in the ‘drought alert’ level of the EPA standards,” D’Onofrio said. “The last measurement (Water Superintendent Jack Sibley) took was Friday at 10 a.m. and the level was 43 percent then.”
The Bog Meadow Reservoir, which provides municipal water to all of Highland Falls and parts of Fort Montgomery, has dropped from 52 percent capacity on Sept. 21 to 47 percent capacity…