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      Water Source Protection Plan Committee (WSPPC)

Many Ulysses residents and businesses are not connected to municipal water supplies and instead rely on wells or the lake for water. To help protect both the quality and quantity of drinking water for residents and businesses within the Town of Ulysses, the town’s Water Source Protection Plan Committee is working with the New York Rural Water Association (NYRWA), following the framework of the NYS drinking water source protection program (DWSP2) to develop a source water protection plan. The NYRWA is a federally-funded organization that provides free technical assistance to rural and small communities across New York. An initial step in the development of a Water Source Protection Plan is to collect information on our water resources and how they are used in Ulysses.

The Town Board passed the following resolution on 8/9/2022 forming the Water Source Protection Plan Committee:
RESOLUTION #125 OF 2022:  WATER SOURCE PROTECTION PLAN COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, the Town’s agreement with the Rural Water Association requires the formation of a Water Source Protection Plan Committee, which will serve an advisor role to the Town Board;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board appoints Linda Liddle, Tim Martinson, Amy Panek, Stephen Morreale, Rebecca Schneider, Liz Thomas and Roxanne Marino to serve on the Water Source Protection Plan Committee through completion of the project; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town designates the Water Source Protection Plan Committee as purely advisory and, therefore, not subject to the requirements of the Open Meetings Law.       
 
 COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
 
name title contact
Linda Liddle (Chair)
Member		 liddlela@verizon.net
Roxanne Marino (Vice Chair)
Member		 roxanne.m.marino@gmail.com
Liz Thomas Member liz.graeper.thomas@gmail.com
Tim Martinson Member martinvitisgen2@gmail.com
Amy Panek Member amy.panek@gmail.com
Rebecca Schneider Member rls11@cornell.edu
Stephen Morreale Member sjm11@cornell.edu



MEETINGS:

The WSPP Committee meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month at 4:30 p.m. at the Village of Trumansburg Hall, 56 E. Main St. Trumansburg, NY. The public is invited to attend the meetings in person or via Zoom. Please check with the Committee chair, Linda Liddle (liddlela@verizon.net) to make sure the meeting is being held as scheduled and to obtain Zoom information.

LINKS:
NYRA WSPP Framework  https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/water_pdf/what.is.dwsp2.pdf