Lead in the pipes found on Pine Street in West Hurley - by HV1

Some West Hurley customers of the beleaguered Hudson Valley Water Company (HVWC) have lead in their water, Hurley town supervisor Mike Boms announced at a February 27 meeting of the town board. System Number Three, which serves 17 residences on Pine Street, has tested positive for lead. The testing was completed in December, but the town wasn’t notified until February 23.

“To me, that’s another nail in Jeffrey Fuller’s coffin,” Boms said of the company owner. “We’ve had problems with Hudson Valley Number Four, with all the problems there. Hudson Valley Three basically was kind of clean, and now it isn’t that way.”

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