ENB Region 5 Completed Applications 07/19/2006

Saratoga County proposes development of a regional public water supply system, using the upper Hudson River as a source, to provide water to municipalities and commercial customers within the County.  A 28 mile underground water transmission main would primarily follow existing roads or utility rights-of-way from a new treatment plant (corner of Butler and Potter Roads, Town of Moreau) to the Town of Malta.  A five million gallon storage tank is proposed in the Town of Stillwater for future storage capacity.  The following permits are requested:  Water Supply - for taking up to 14 million gallons per day from the Hudson River; Protection of Waters - for installation of a water intake structure in the south bank of the river at Moreau (approximately 6000 feet upstream of Sherman Island Dam), and for water main crossings of 18 protected streams, including Kayaderosseras Creek in Ballston Spa; Freshwater Wetlands - for water main crossings of 14 state wetlands and adjacent areas (1.08 acres of permanent impact).  As compensatory mitigation for unavoidable wetland impacts, creation of approximately four acres of wetland is proposed:  three acres of forested wetland at the Northern Pines Road Mitigation Site (Town of Wilton), and one acre of forested wetland at the Kobor Road Mitigation Site (Town of Northumberland).  Water Quality Certification - for permanent impact of 1.85 acres of federal wetlands.  The project involves construction in the Towns of Moreau, Wilton, Greenfield, Milton, Ballston, Malta, Stillwater, Northumberland, and City of Saratoga Springs.  The project may be extended in the future to provide water to the Luther Forest Technology Campus (Towns of Malta and Stillwater).