To the editor: 

 A terrible war has suddenly exploded throughout the Middle East. How far it will spread, how long will it last, and its effects are not known. Sullivan, Ulster and Orange Counties with its reservoirs and water supplies may be vulnerable.

Several years ago, restrictive barriers prohibiting cars and trucks from driving over the scenic middle of the Ashokan Reservoir Dam between Olive and Kingston were erected and are still guarded. The Town of Neversink has two, the Neversink reservoir and Roundout reservoir which also transfers water from the Downsville reservoir in Delaware County, all which supplies water to New York City.

Those watersheds-and stream tributaries are patrolled by the New York City Board of Water Supply in Grahamsville on Route 42 at Route 55. This is our home territory and our individual responsibility to immediately report any “unusual” activity to:

Telephone: 911

NY State Police (Liberty): 

(845) 292-6600

Sullivan County Sheriff: 

(845) 794-7100

Ulster County Sheriff: 

911 or (845) 340-3599

Orange County Sheriff: 

(845) 291-4033

NYC Department of Environmental Protection: (845) 985-7531

Respectfully Submitted,

William A. Brenner, Esq.

Grahamsville