Local Residents Learn About Fredonia's Water Improvement Project

Area residents got on opportunity Thursday to learn more about the Village of Fredonia's plan to get its water from the North County Water District. Village officials and trustees, representatives from LaBella Associates and the Chautauqua County Health Department, and other officials were on hand to speak one on one with members of the public about the project during a public information session. Folloiwng the session, WDOE News spoke with Fredonia Mayor Mike Ferguson, who estimates that about 150 people turned out. He says he was most encouraged by those who understand the project...

Mike Ferguson: encouraged by those who "get it"

Ferguson says one of the most frequently asked questions he got during the session at the future Pomfret Town Hall was about the difference between fixing the village's reservoir-based water system and the current project. He adds that some residents suggested connecting with the City of Dunkirk instead of the North County Water District...

Mike Ferguson: why we can't connect with Dunkirk

Jessica Wuerstle, the county's Environmental Health Director, says one of the most frequently asked questions the Health Department received throughout the evening dealt with the condition of Fredonia's water supply. She says that's due to years of neglect...

Jessica Wuerstle: a lot of neglect in the past

Information that was presented at Thursday's session is available on the village's website.

Photos by Paul Wandel