The village handed out free bottled water for four hours Saturday, responding to a water emergency, caused by a transmission line break that occurred Thursday.
[Richard J. Bayne/For the Times Herald-Record] GOSHEN – The Village of Goshen is expected to be under a boil water order through Monday, following a water main break Thursday that left parts of the village with low water pressure and led village officials to declare a state of emergency.
Village officials said they handed out hundreds of bottles of water free to village residents Saturday, and the bottled water distribution was to continue Sunday.
As a precautionary measure, Mayor Kyle Roddey said residents are advised to boil village water for at least two minutes before using it for either drinking or food preparation.
He said it took village authorities several hours to find the leak because it turned out to be in an isolated, wooded area at the intersection of Greenwich Avenue and Connector Road.
He said crews had to use off-road vehicles to reach the site of the break, and a number of agencies assisted, including the Orange County Executive’s Office and the state Department of Homeland Security.
“The interagency cooperation we got on this was overwhelming,” Rodney said Saturday.
Roddey said the village located the source of the leak about 3:30 p.m. Friday, and the repairs were completed by about 8:30 p.m.
He said residents experienced varied water pressure as crews shut off valves to keep water from escaping and to isolate the problem.
The water issues led Orange County to close its offices in the village for the day Friday, and the Orange County Courthouse and the Surrogate’s Court also closed.