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Good News: Low-income families will receive assistance paying water bills

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Governor Kathy Hochul announced that $69.8 million in federal funds will be made available to support low-income New Yorkers in paying past-due bills for drinking water and wastewater. The Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP), provides eligible applicants with “up to $2,500 for drinking water arrears and $2,500 for wastewater arrears to help them avoid service interruptions when the moratorium on shutoffs expires next month.”

This initiative will assist approximately 105,000 homes within New York.

According to Governor Hochul, the program was created to help struggling New Yorkers recover from the pandemic. Anyone who is interested can simply apply online.

Ashokan Water Services Contributed to this report

One response to “Good News: Low-income families will receive assistance paying water bills”

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    DEP Purgatory

    Hershel ,

    Thank you for creating this valuable resource.

    I am stuck in DEP purgatory. DEP came to repair the external electronic water meter box. When they came the repairman said we have an “illegal union”. We then received the letter saying we were committing “Theft of Services”. It was quite a shock to be “tried and convicted” of convicted of theft without having stepped in front of any judge.

    Be that as it may, we had the union “repaired”. DEP inspected. Yet many months later we continue to receive grossly inflated attributed consumption charges.

    Do you have a recommendation for where I should file my complaint in order to get my account returned t metered billing? The formal complaint process implies that even if I win a formal complaint proceeding, I would have needed to pay the full inflated bill prior to making the complaint in order to receive a corrected bill.

    Any advice ?

    Thank you in advance

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Hello,

I’m Hershel

As President of Ashokan Water Services, Hershel has spent the last twenty years coordinating water conservation efforts for over 8,500 New York properties. In response to the North East droughts in the 1980’s, he formed Ashokan with a team of plumbers and engineers. Today Ashokan is a full-service water management company specializing in utility auditing, meter installation, meter reading, water conservation, backflow installation, and testing. Hershel focuses on managing Ashokan’s strategic planning and innovation process.

Hershel currently resides with his family in Brooklyn, New York, is an avid kayaker, and is an active blogger on water issues. He serves on The NYC Sustainability Advisory Board, the Mayor’s Green Codes Task Force, and many more. His personal goal is to minimize the effects of CSO and stormwater runoff within the Hudson River Estuary in order to create a positive impact on New York City’s environment.

For more information about Ashokan Water Services, please visit Ashokan’s website, which is listed below.

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