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Lake DeForest, also called DeForest Lake, [2]: 195–213 is a reservoir in Clarkstown, New York, created in 1956 by impounding the Hackensack River, which is a principal part of the water supply for Rockland County, New York and Northern New Jersey, mainly Bergen and Hudson counties. [3]
More than 100 people asked the Public Service Commission for a feasibility study of Rockland's water supply that's controlled by a private company.
A stage II water emergency will go into effect in Rockland County on Thursday, imposing restrictions on lawn watering and other water uses.
Nyack Water Works, also known as the Nyack Water Works Company was established on March 28, 1873 by William Voorhis and initially drew water from springs and wells. [1] Population growth led to the use of three reservoirs, the Hackensack River and a steam-powered pump house.
It was purchased by General Jacobus Swartwout, who was a top ally of Washington, and member of a family who traced their residence in Rockland County to 1660. Lake DeForest, a reservoir with a capacity of over 5 billion gallons, was built in 1955-1956. It is named after Henry L. Deforest, President of the Spring Valley Works and Supply Company.
Rockland County Executive Ed Day presents his proposed 2024 county budget at the Robert Yeager Health Center in Pomona Oct. 2, 2023. The budget raises spending over the 2023 budget of $812.4 million.
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Rockland County is the southernmost county on the west side of the Hudson River in the U.S. state of New York.It is part of the New York metropolitan area.As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population is 338,329, [4] making it the state's third-most densely populated county outside New York City after Nassau and neighboring Westchester counties.