In light of boil water order, mayor confident in new water deal
Reading Time: 5 minutesFor the seventh time in the last two and a half years, Fredonia’s water isn’t safe to consume. But a new deal may put an end to the boil water orders....
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The ‘surprisingly chaotic’ Canadaway Creek
Reading Time: 4 minutesALEX BUCKNAM Asst. News Editor During your evening walk around Fredonia, if you end up on Risley St. coming off of Temple St., you will go on a bridge that goes over Canadaway Creek. You may not realize there’s college students sitting right below your feet. Canadaway Creek (“the creek,”......
[SATIRE] Teriyaki sauce contaminates Fredonia water
Reading Time: 2 minutesMEGAN KIDBY Special to the Leader In a bizarre turn of events, the Chautauqua County Health Department issued another “boil water order” to its citizens after a man was spotted pouring a packet of instant noodle teriyaki sauce into the town’s water reservoir. Eyewitnesses say they saw the man, who......
How SUNY Fredonia responded to the boil water order
Reading Time: 6 minutesWILL KARR Editor in Chief This past week, Fredonia residents and students turned off their faucets and heated up their stoves after a boil water advisory was issued by the village on the afternoon of Sunday, Feb. 26. The advisory called for individuals to start boiling all water used for......
Could logging around the Fredonia Reservoir lead to murky drinking water?
Reading Time: 8 minutesJULES HOEPTING Managing Editor Note: Visiting the Fredonia Reservoir without permission from the Village of Fredonia is considered trespassing. Water Concerns Murky water, or water with high turbidity or a high concentration of sediment in it, has been a problem within the Fredonia Reservoir for decades. The reservoir provides drinking......
Logging around Fredonia reservoir: Concerns for Fredonia’s drinking water quality
Reading Time: 7 minutesUPDATED ARTICLE ON FREDONIA RESERVOIR. JULES HOEPTING Managing Editor The Fredonia Reservoir has been filling up with sediment for decades. Many Fredonia citizens are concerned the logging of trees near the Fredonia reservoir will further increase the sediment in the reservoir and result in more occurrences of unfit drinking water. ......