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CITY OF NEWBURGH – Newburgh City Manager Michael Ciarvino is asking residents and businesses to conserve water ahead of the 10-week shutdown of the Catskill Aqueduct, which has been the city’s main water source since longtime main supply Washington Lake was closed in May 2016 due to high levels of toxic chemical PFOS.New York City is closing the aqueduct for maintenance as part of its $1 billion construction of a tunnel to bypass a leaking section of the Delaware [...]