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BY ROBERT WIRSING
A leaky water main underneath
a City Island street has
been fi xed, but is still causing
a fl ood of concerns.
On Tuesday, December 18,
NYC Department of Environmental
Protection Public Affairs
and Communications
deputy commissioner Michael
DeLoach sent a letter to the affected
property owners about
Bay Street’s water problem.
According to DeLoach,
residents of 152, 154, 168, 175,
176, 178, 179 and 180 Bay Street
are served by a private water
main which DEP does not
maintain.
The private water main has
been leaking for some time resulting
in a ponding condition
near City Island Avenue.
DEP recommended that a
licensed master plumber investigate
the issue and asked
that all necessary repairs be
made as soon as possible.
DEP threatened to shut
off water service in order to
curtail the leak if the repair
wasn’t made.
In such an scenario, homeowners
would be subjected to
a sizable $1,000 Water Shut Off
fee as required under the NYC
Water Board Rate schedule.
Bill Stanton, City Island
Civic Association president,
said that Bay Street residents
contacted the civic group
about this issue.
Fred Ramftl, City Island
Civic fi rst vice president, said
that Bay Street’s private water
main leak started prior to
Thanksgiving and froze up
during a recent cold snap.
A decade ago, at the urging
of then-Councilman James
Vacca the city mapped and
paved the street, but did not
take responsibility for its private
water main.
Barbara Dolensek, City Island
Civic second vice president,
explained that the 100-
yard long Bay Street was
originally known as Vickery
Lane.
She recently observed water
from the leaky main fl owing
past the City Island Library.
“Puddling on City Island is
nothing new especially with
all of the rainy weather we’ve
had this year, but this incident
happened on a dry day,”
shared Dolensek.
Ann MacIntyre, a 24-
year Bay Street resident and
mother of seven, said she and
four of her neighbors anted
up $700 each to hire a licensed
plumber to fi x the leak.
The private water main
was fi xed about two weeks ago
at a cost to the homeowners of
approximately $4,000.
The next step is to have the
city take over the aging water
main.
“Now that the water main
is fi xed, we want to know what
can be done to make the water
main public since we all live
on a public street,” said MacIntyre.
She expressed concerns
that the water main may be
in bad shape and start leaking
from other spots in the near
future.
MacIntyre and her neighbors
will explore if there is a
way the DEP can reclassify
Bay Street’s water main as a
public one.
She and her neighbors will
also pursue means to have the
city reimburse their repair
bill.
In the wake of this incident,
Matt Cruz, Community
Board 10 district manager,
urges homeowners to sign up
for the Water and Sewage Line
Protection program.
Most residential and
mixed-use properties with a
single 2-inch or smaller water
service line may be eligible
for the voluntary Service Line
Protection plan offered by the
city through American Water
Resources.
The site of the private main water line which cost residents approximately $4,000 to repair.
Photo by Silvio Pacifi co
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