Witnesses Repair 60-Year-Old Dam in Warwick

[The Librarian]

Jehovah’s Witnesses revamped a dilapidated dam within Sterling Forest State Park while constructing their new world headquarters.

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[Jack Ryan]

 

[Jack Ryan]

Blue Lake Dam Improvements: Under DEC Regulations, Suez Water New York (SWNY) is a part owner of the Blue Lake Dam, which is located on Sterling Forest Lake in Warwick, NY. Sterling Forest Lake is the water source for the Blue Lake Water Treatment Plant. The Blue Lake Dam is on property currently owned by Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York (“Watchtower”). SWNY entered into an agreement with Watchtower where Watchtower would make the improvements to Blue Lake Dam required by the DEC and SWNY would make a contribution to the work upon completion. The work was completed in 2015 and SWNY will make the required contribution of $824,000 once the final documentation has been provided by Watchtower.

Sounds like a nice little earner for the Society , especially as the bulk of the work will have been done with free labour & much of the assets ( such as earth moving equipment etc ) were already on site as part of the World HQ construction project.

But what always annoys me about these kind of stories is that they are just puff pieces by the WTBTS telling everyone how wonderful they are. Wow - they are doing some work to reinforce a dam on their own land & billing the owner - big deal. They are always blowing their own trumpet - totally against the scriptural principles they claim to uphold.

[Jack Ryan]

Also, in 2013, that dam was visually inspected by SCOTT M. BRAYMER, P.E. An Environmental Engineer working at the Dam Safety Section of New York. He didn't seem alarmed: "The inspection revealed that the dam is generally well maintained, although additional clearing of woody vegetation is needed."

 

[Jack Ryan]

Blue Lake, also called Sterling Forest Lake, is located inside Sterling Forest State Park. Blue Lake is stocked annually with 800 yearling Brown Trout, 100 two-year-old Brown Trout and 800 yearling Rainbow Trout. Anglers can also target Largemouth Bass, Chain Pickerel and panfish. Blue Lake has a nice boat launch and provides anglers with a good opportunity at catching some fish.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/75516.html

[Guest]

11 hours ago, Jay Witness said:

SWNY entered into an agreement with Watchtower where Watchtower would make the improvements to Blue Lake Dam required by the DEC and SWNY would make a contribution to the work upon completion

Since the owner has no problem with it what exactly is your issue? They made an agreement. This means that they mutualy agreed that both their interests where satisfied by this arrangement. Why is this "totally against the scriptural principles they claim to uphold"?