The quality of Schodack's water supply and waterworks is
fundamental to the quality of life in the Town. It is hereby declared
to be the intent of the Town of Schodack to provide its citizens with
waterworks that are of the highest quality possible considering operation
and maintenance, materials for construction, water quality, water
quantity, water pressure, fire protection and overall cost.
It shall be the intent of the Town of Schodack to continually
consider and assess all the immediate and future impacts, on the well-being
of our town and its limited potable water supply, of all actions taken
with regard to expanding, upgrading and permitting water distribution
systems.
It shall be the intent of the Town that approval of any new
waterworks must include, in addition to any and all other regulatory
requirements, an acceptable engineering assessment of how that system
could be integrated into a future town-wide system and the positive
and/or negative impacts that any new system could have on existing
systems, including municipal and private wells and aquifer supply
and quality concerns.
It shall be the intent of the Town to require that all new or
proposed waterworks shall be constructed in such a way and of such
materials that they meet the minimum standards set by the Town and
that there is as much standardization in the systems as is practicable.
The validity of any section, clause, sentence or provision of
this chapter shall not affect the validity of any other part of this
chapter, which can be given effect without such invalid part or parts.