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Danbury seeks state permission to tap Kenosia for water reserves

With a couple of rain storms, the fire danger has lessened in Connecticut, but drought conditions persist. If things continue with little to no rainfall, Danbury officials say they can do flood skimming off Lake Kenosia.  The City can pump almost 9 million gallons of water from lake.  Public Works Director Antonio Iadarola says that body of water has a huge potential impact in providing water, but the state must approve of it's use.  Danbury started that application a couple of weeks ago with the Mayor's Emergency Declaration.  Iadarola notes that there are about 20 criteria to meet to use Kenosia as a water source, including testing and preparing equipment.  The last time there was a drought like this, in 2016, the City applied to the state to prevent further depletion of the water supply. At that time, some of the conditions induced outdoor water bans, a water audit of its top 20 largest water users, and testing for corrosion, bacteria, cyanotoxins, pesticides and inorganic chemicals.

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