A twenty-something armchair policy wonk born and raised in the Catskills is heading out into the world, and he’s got a lot of questions. In this podcast from WJFF Radio Catskill, we’ll take a deep dive into the institutions in upstate New York that are at the foundation of our community and explore how they work (and how they sometimes don’t). We’ll sit down with educators, farmers, public servants, artists, business owners, and all-around do-gooders to learn what it means to be a part of rural America today–and the part each of us can play in creating a brighter future tomorrow.
A twenty-something armchair policy wonk born and raised in the Catskills is heading out into the world, and he’s got a lot of questions. In this podcast from WJFF Radio Catskill, we’ll take a deep dive into the institutions in upstate New York that are at the foundation of our community and explore how they work (and how they sometimes don’t). We’ll sit down with educators, farmers, public servants, artists, business owners, and all-around do-gooders to learn what it means to be a part of rural America today–and the part each of us can play in creating a brighter future tomorrow.
What exactly happens behind the scenes for clean, safe drinking water to come out of your kitchen faucet? It turns out, there are marvels of engineering and health science right under our feet, but much of our water and sewer infrastructure in the U.S. is outdated—sometimes dangerously so. In this episode, we hear from University of Rochester Professor Morris Pierce on the history of American water works and Town of Liberty Supervisor Frank DeMayo on how our local drinking water and wastewater systems work, and what the most pressing issues are with them that need to be addressed sooner rather than later.
