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Hurley required to follow up on cross connection violations

By RALPH ANSAMI

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HURLEY — The city of Hurley will work to come up with a plan for addressing water system cross connection violations.

Mayor Joe Pinardi said the city has until September to assure the Department of Natural Resources the violations have been addressed and corrected.

A connection between any part of the public water supply system and a source of contamination or pollution is called a cross connection. The aim is to eliminate cross connections to keep drinking water safe by keeping out contaminants and pollutants and preventing what are called backflows....