Stories Related to Newburgh Warns Residents Amid Fear Of 'catastrophic' Dam Failure

CITY OF NEWBURGH – Newburgh is alerting residents near its Washington Lake reservoir amid concerns that a leaking underground water main could erode the lake’s earthen dam, triggering a collapse that could send the lake’s 1.3 billion gallons toward adjacent properties in the towns of New Windsor and Newburgh.City Manager Michael Ciarvino said a contractor will send a special camera into the pipe to identify the cause of the leak, which, as of Thursday afternoon, [...]

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