Article: NYC WON'T GET WATER FROM SACANDAGA 3 GUILDERLAND RESIDENTS DIE IN CRASH ALBANY WOMAN CHARGED IN SLASHING FIRE DAMAGES HOUSE IN SCHENECTADY CHAIRMAN QUITS ROTTERDAM GOP COHOES SCHOOL BOARD HOPEFULS TO SPEAK ARSON INVESTIGATED AT ALBANY STORE HUDSON COUPLE HELD IN KNIFING, ASSAULT.(Local)

Saratoga County officials learned Wednesday that they do not have to worry about New York City taking water directly from the Great Sacandaga Lake, a potential supply for the county.

State law prohibits the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District from selling water to the city, said Thomas Brewer, chief engineer for the agency that oversees the Sacandaga. And building a new system of tunnels to take the water directly downstate would be too costly for the city, he told the county Water Agency.

The agency is considering a countywide water system and has talked about using the Sacandaga as one of the main sources. The man-made lake, built in the ...

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