OCWA recently completed improvements to its water transmission facilities at a busy intersection in the Town Camillus designed to streamline water flow and update system infrastructure. The work involved the removal of outdated equipment and the replacement of a key flow control valve. Removal of Outdated Equipment A pair of large underground flow [...]
Residents in the Town of Salina are hereby advised of a watermain break on Electronics Parkway last evening (November 17, 2020) near the intersection of Bradley Street. This caused low water pressure in the area. Customers living in the Sunflower Drive neighborhood experienced low to no water pressure. The water main was repaired last night [...]
As part of OCWA’s monthly series highlighting some of our dedicated employees and the important jobs they perform, this month we’re featuring Cody M. from our Otisco Water Treatment Plant. Each month we’re asking a different employee a series of ten questions about his/her background, what he/she does at OCWA and some of the employee’s [...]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently alerted customers of water and other utilities to robocalls being made advising that you’ve paid too much on your bill. To get a cash refund, you simply need to press a number on your phone. You then get to a live person who wants to “verify” your credentials and [...]
OCWA—Central New York’s Water Authority—considers the resiliency of its water system a high priority. As such, we have conducted risk and resiliency assessments of our facilities for nearly 20 years. While OCWA and other public water systems across New York State have been conducting such assessments for years, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) [...]
As part of the national Imagine a Day Without Water education and awareness day on October 21, 2020, OCWA—Central New York’s Water Authority—is highlighting some of its ongoing efforts to keep potable water flowing throughout our expansive distribution system. OCWA’s water distribution system is spread over five counties (Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Oneida and Cayuga) and [...]
Some residential OCWA customers may have recently received, or will be receiving in the near future, higher than normal quarterly water bills. These bills are NOT the result of any change in rates put in place by OCWA during the COVID-19 pandemic, but rather are due to consumption calculated by meter readings. The following are [...]
The New York State Department of Health standard indicates that normal pressure in a water distribution system should be approximately 60 to 80 pounds per square inch (psi) and not less than 35 psi while maintaining a minimum pressure of 20 psi under all conditions of flow. OCWA attempts to operate and maintain its system [...]
Origins (Otisco Lake) The origin of what eventually became the OCWA water distribution system began in 1907 with the installation of transmission mains by the Onondaga Suburban Water Company from Otisco Lake to parts of Marcellus, Camillus, Solvay and DeWitt following the NY Central and Hudson Railroad lines. After the successor company operating the system [...]
As part of OCWA’s monthly series highlighting some of our dedicated employees and the important jobs they perform, this month we’re featuring Mike E. from our Operations Department. Each month we’re asking a different employee a series of ten questions about his/her background, what he/she does at OCWA and some of the employee’s most interesting [...]
