Ellicott Creek corridor flooding ?

[4248]

If you live in the Ellicott Creek Corridor - down stream of Lancaster,NY - click the link below - its not the natural flow of the Creek thats keeping your property wet -

It could be the 18-million gallons of water Lancaster is pumping into the Creek .

Once you click the link below , you can see where the waters coming from - then call your local Town Hall and ask about it .
They know - or - should know !

Do you pay flood insurance ?
Is your property wet all year ?
Have you sustained flood damage?
Don't just assume it's mother nature - she's getting help from Lancaster's Government !

Click this link:
http://welcometolancasterny.spaces.l...D5FFAA8CF0!196

Once you get there you can see where the waters coming from - then call your local Town Hall and ask about it. They know - or - should know !

[speaker]

18 million--how often? Or did I miss that, 4248?

[White Owl]

This fruit loop was on this rant a few weeks back. He stated the discharge is 18 million per YEAR - about 34 gallons per minute. If he thinks that is causing flooding he has bigger fish to fry.

[4248]

He stated the discharge is 18 million per YEAR - about 34 gallons per minute. If he thinks that is causing flooding he has bigger fish to fry.

18 Million gallons of water a year + the natural content of Ellicott Creek

Your close - 34 gpm x 60= 2040 gph(per hour)

2040 gph x 24hours= 49,315gpd (per day)

49,315 gpd x 7 days a week = 345,205 gpw (gallons per week)


345205 gpw x 52 weeks = 17,950,660 gallons per year.


Using "white owl's" logic - that half penny tax the County added to our sales tax doesn't add up to much either .

Just look at the photo's - the first two pictures show the Creek at Pavement Rd(Lancaster) calm - flowing slowly. Then look at the "white water rapids at Genessee St.(Rt.33) in Bowmansville - just two streets West of Pavement !

If you took away the extra 49,315 gallons of water a day being pumped in - well see pictures one and two !

That water comes from the stone quarry - some of it is used to catch "rock dust during processing" and washing crushed stone . Then its pumped into Ellicott Creek . No study , health or environmental has been done and presented to the public - by the Quarry or Lancaster's Town Board who approves of this operation . God knows if any agency like the Department of Environmental Conservation even knows or has approved this either .

Ask your local Officials - you take a look - judge for yourself - flood insurance has gone up , in some area's by 40% just in the last couple years .

I said it "adds to the flooding problem" it increases the duration and overall impact of flooding - thats the facts .

[therising]

[]Just look at the photo's - the first two pictures show the Creek at Pavement Rd(Lancaster) calm - flowing slowly. Then look at the "white water rapids at Genessee St.(Rt.33) in Bowmansville - just two streets West of Pavement !

If you took away the extra 49,315 gallons of water a day being pumped in - well see pictures one and two !

I'll take your word for it that water is being pumped into the stream.

But, if you're saying that the rapids are proof it - sorry, that's just wrong. Have you ever been rafting or kayaking? It's common to have a gentle stretch of water followed by rapids.

[speaker]

Interesting, 4248. I forgot that I have Virtual Earth on my computer as I use Google a lot.

[concernedwnyer]

If you live in the Ellicott Creek Corridor - down stream of Lancaster,NY - click the link below - its not the natural flow of the Creek thats keeping your property wet -

It could be the 18-million gallons of water Lancaster is pumping into the Creek .

Once you click the link below , you can see where the waters coming from - then call your local Town Hall and ask about it .
They know - or - should know !

Do you pay flood insurance ?
Is your property wet all year ?
Have you sustained flood damage?
Don't just assume it's mother nature - she's getting help from Lancaster's Government !

Click this link:
http://welcometolancasterny.spaces.l...D5FFAA8CF0!196

Once you get there you can see where the waters coming from - then call your local Town Hall and ask about it. They know - or - should know !

I cannot see where the discharge pipe from the pump is in your pictures. Is it picture number 7 or is that just a disturbance in the water?? What is that building in the background with the trucks?

Why is there a need to have the pumps going all the time? Electric motors suck a lot of electric and I cannot imagine it being a tiny pump the size of a house hold sump pump in this application.

[4248]

Click on this link - it will show an actual satellite photo of the area - click on the small highlighted square to enlarge - look in the center - you will see on the right side of the NYS Thruway , where the stone quarry water appear to be adjacent to the north side of the road - now slowly look to your left - cross the thruway - you will see a "black line" (water pipe) at the end of the pipe - just before Rt.33 Genessee Rd. - notice the "white plume(not sure if thats the correct term) - you can follow it all the way to Ellicott Creek - just East of Harris Hill -just upstream from the rapids.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=...6697&encType=1

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