THE BUFFALO NEWS
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER. 9, 2004
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Hydrant that failed during
By BARlWlA O'BRIEN·
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The Erie County water .Authorltyis measuring the flow of"l(aterto a hydrant that failed to PI'9vide water during a fire that destroyed. a Cheektowaga home last month. . .. . .. . U-Crest volunteerfiretighters discov ered there was no 'W8lercotniog out of thehydralltat 33Cba4;lel Drive, which they needed to dousei:hefire at the Ran .datBudzilo home at 44 Chapel Drive on Aug. 10; . "We're asdistt:lrbedas you are about this incident," PaulBecker, municipalli ,aison forthe Erie County Wa~Autliori-
ty, told theCb~waga Town BOard on Tuesdaynigbt . ToWn officials conte~d theprablem arpse because i:hewater line feed.i.ngthe hydrant. in front of the Budzilo llOuse was fed. by altold 4-inch line. .... . ''It's the thinking there haS been cor;.. rosion iIi this line," Council Member Thomas M.. Jo~on Jr.sajd. . Wbiletesting determined the pres sureW8$ adequa~, the town. believes that over tiime corrosion'andthe buildup of minerals has· redt.ired tbeftmctional dhimel:erofthe line. Becker said the Water Authority is undertaking a test. of the flow through ' 1hebydrant.
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"The testing· should· be done in the Johnson. next ~ or so,"he said.. . .. . . . . The Town Board on Tuesday night "Ywcan't 1~ a ~ of ~t~forma:tIy asked the· authority to rePlace sure for a year, he satd, notiDg the fire e need to have it dQ:Qe the4-inchlinewithanS-inchline:lfflow .~ ~ defiejencies are· discovered. The board . this year. . . &so aslred the· authority to consider SUr . Gould sajdit costs about $1 milli.Qn to veying· older· smaller diameter lines in· r:eplaeeonemile of water line, and· the . authority spe,nds al;)out $3 million per the town for p~ and flow. Tll¢ Water Authority will do every~ year on water line replaCetnent projects. thing it can·to tlU'get the Chapel for ThOse areas with leaks .and +inch .ijries . line replacement in the 2005 capital receive priority in. ch~ vvhich lines budget if a flow deficiency·ens.:s Public are replaced, he said. 'Olereareaoout21, .Affajrs Officer Brian A. Gould in a . miles of 4-inehlines· within· the Water letter to Johnson on Tuesday. . . . Authority service area. . But })OS&ible inclusion. innext:year's capital bUdget wrul.not good enough for e-moJil:bobrien@l:i'u;jfn.ew&C011't
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