Clean Water

Here in the 24th Congressional District our most important resource is our ample supply of pure, clean water. And by "ample supply" I mean the water that isn't contaminated with raw sewage.

The sewer concerns stem from too much storm-water mixing with sewage when it rains. The local sewage treatment plant can’t handle the added volume, so some sewage goes untreated and enters the Mohawk River.

When it rains, it’s estimated that somewhere in the range of 40 million gallons per day enter the sewage treatment plant, engineers said Thursday...

...A second part of the project would be to upgrade the plant to increase its capacity from 15 million gallons per day to 25 million gallons per day, he said. This plan for attacking the problems finds the most cost-effective balance between conducting repairs and upgrading the plant, he said.

Let's see...40 million gallons of sewage contaminated water a day. Minus 15 million gallons of plant capacity. That equals...uh...carry the 5...25 million gallons of sewage contaminated water. A day.

Wow. I mean...WOW. That's a lot even by the standards in Washington, where spewing massive amounts of crap is what we do for a living.

When you see numbers like that the natural reaction is to freak out. After all, who wants to drink out of a toilet bowl? Well, other than dogs.

What really brings this issue home is that it personally impacts me, Fake Mike Arcuri. You're probably surprised to hear that, but it's true- the water at my Utica office is undrinkable because of contamination. That's why I've created the two step "Arcuri Water Plan" to aggressively deal with the issue and get the problem solved. And when I say "Arcuri Water Plan" I mean it- this is my personal plan to make sure I don't have to drink the local swill.

Step One: Avoid appearing in Utica office.
Step Two: Only drink bottled water.

Mission accomplished.

Admittedly, this is just a pilot program for me, Fake Mike Arcuri, and my office. Once I'm re-elected I fully intend to work really, really hard to make sure everyone has the same safe, clean water supply I do within two decades. Who else could come up with a visionary plan like that?

Just one more reason why you need to be doing more to get me re-elected!