Hospital's offer of
water to MGRHS
is conditioned on "permanent solution"
· Mount Greylock Regional High School can't
count on getting water from its neighbor -- unless voters approve a waterline
bond issue. "Without a definitive long-term plan in place to address the
high school's > on-going water issue, NBH's offer of a short-term water
connection would > need to be revisited," said Paul Hopkins, a
spokesman for Northern Berkshire Health Systems. The hospital didn't say what a
"long-term plan" could consist of, but it said it still urgest voters
to approve the bond issue. (posted 12:30 a.m., 11-25-04)
---------- Forwarded message
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Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004
15:58:49 -0500
From: "Hopkins,
Paul" <phopkins@nbhealth.org>
To:
"'densmore@newshare.com'" <densmore@newshare.com>
Subject: FW: Water line - NBH
clarification
Hi Bill - attached is what I
have sent to the local media. Feel free
to share it. Thanks -
Paul H.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hopkins, Paul
> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 3:57 PM
> To: 'cmarcisz@berkshireeagle.com';
'kgardner@thetranscript.com';
>
'gdrohan@advocateweekly.com'; 'news@wnaw.com'
> Subject: Water line - NBH clarification
>
> Hello - I understand
there is some need to clarify Northern Berkshire Healthcare's position on
providing a temporary water supply to Mt. Greylock Regional High School. You may attribute the following to me.
> Thanks! Paul H.
>
> "Northern Berkshire
Healthcare continues to be open to the possibility of providing water on a
temporary basis from its wells to Mt. Greylock Regional High School, providing
there is a long-term solution.
>
> Without a definitive
long-term plan in place to address the high school's on-going water issue,
NBH's offer of a short-term water connection would need to be revisited. Engineering studies show that Sweetwood
wells will provide sufficient water for Sweetwood's planned expansion, over and
above current use, but could not be relied upon to meet the high school's needs
as well.
>
> Northern Berkshire
Healthcare still believes very strongly that the extension of the water main is
the best solution for all involved."