The demise of the Newton Falls Fine Paper mill will hurt the hamlet, where there are long-standing water and sewer line connections. Sale of the mill as an intact operation fell through March 22 and its owner, Scotia Investments, Halifax, Nova Scotia, is liquidating the plant’s machinery and equipment. Sale of the plant building and surrounding acreage is through private negotiation. “This news is devastating, I believe, for the water and sewer districts,” town of Clifton Supervisor Robert L. Snider said. “I don’t think the mill is going to be a willing participant.” Newton Falls Fine Paper has paid for more than one-third of the water district’s cost in years past. Most houses that are part of the district pay for one unit at a cost of $318 per year. The mill used 50 user units of the district’s 150-unit total and its garage used two. Without the mill paying into the system, costs could jump for remaining users. The paper mill owns and operates a deteriorating wastewater plant that also treats sewage from more than a dozen houses in the hamlet.A sewer district approved by voters by a close vote in 2010 follows the lines of the water district. A treatment system planned for the district was to reroute the houses served by the mill as well as treat sewage from the plant and other homes in the hamlet.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Newton Falls Demise Devastating to NY Town
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20130331/NEWS05/703319864
The demise of the Newton Falls Fine Paper mill will hurt the hamlet, where there are long-standing water and sewer line connections. Sale of the mill as an intact operation fell through March 22 and its owner, Scotia Investments, Halifax, Nova Scotia, is liquidating the plant’s machinery and equipment. Sale of the plant building and surrounding acreage is through private negotiation. “This news is devastating, I believe, for the water and sewer districts,” town of Clifton Supervisor Robert L. Snider said. “I don’t think the mill is going to be a willing participant.” Newton Falls Fine Paper has paid for more than one-third of the water district’s cost in years past. Most houses that are part of the district pay for one unit at a cost of $318 per year. The mill used 50 user units of the district’s 150-unit total and its garage used two. Without the mill paying into the system, costs could jump for remaining users. The paper mill owns and operates a deteriorating wastewater plant that also treats sewage from more than a dozen houses in the hamlet.A sewer district approved by voters by a close vote in 2010 follows the lines of the water district. A treatment system planned for the district was to reroute the houses served by the mill as well as treat sewage from the plant and other homes in the hamlet.
The demise of the Newton Falls Fine Paper mill will hurt the hamlet, where there are long-standing water and sewer line connections. Sale of the mill as an intact operation fell through March 22 and its owner, Scotia Investments, Halifax, Nova Scotia, is liquidating the plant’s machinery and equipment. Sale of the plant building and surrounding acreage is through private negotiation. “This news is devastating, I believe, for the water and sewer districts,” town of Clifton Supervisor Robert L. Snider said. “I don’t think the mill is going to be a willing participant.” Newton Falls Fine Paper has paid for more than one-third of the water district’s cost in years past. Most houses that are part of the district pay for one unit at a cost of $318 per year. The mill used 50 user units of the district’s 150-unit total and its garage used two. Without the mill paying into the system, costs could jump for remaining users. The paper mill owns and operates a deteriorating wastewater plant that also treats sewage from more than a dozen houses in the hamlet.A sewer district approved by voters by a close vote in 2010 follows the lines of the water district. A treatment system planned for the district was to reroute the houses served by the mill as well as treat sewage from the plant and other homes in the hamlet.
