Cryptosporidium Lawyer & Attorney : Marler Clark : Cryptosporidium Blog

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

BY MIKE FRASSINELLI

Star-Ledger Staff

More than 10,000 water customers have another line of defense against potentially "nasty little bugs" in their water, now that Aqua New Jersey has built a $2.6 million treatment plant in Warren County that zaps microorganisms with ultraviolet rays.

The UV plant is being touted as the largest of its kind in New Jersey.

"This adds an extra layer of protection on water that is already meeting federal standards and state standards," Nicholas DeBe nedictis, chairman and chief executive officer of parent company Aqua America, said from the Lo patcong Township plant yesterday.

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3/20/2006 2:00 PM
(WROC-TV)

Lawyers for victims of a Cryptosporidium outbreak will appear before the State of New York Court of Claims in Syracuse on Monday, March 20th, to argue a motion in favor of the certification of a class action lawsuit against the State of New York Department of Parks, Recreation, and Historical Preservation.

If the class action is certified, all persons who became ill with Cryptosporidiosis and/or were otherwise damaged as a result of the Cryptosporidium outbreak at the Seneca Lake State Park Spraypark in 2005 would be eligible to join the class and receive compensation for their injuries and economic damages.

The New York State Health Department shut down the Seneca Lake State Park Sprayground on August 15, 2005, after it was determined that the Sprayground's water holding tanks, which were used to recycle water, were contaminated with Cryptosporidium.

On August 26, the Health Department issued an update on its investigation into the outbreak, announcing that 3,297 cases of Cryptosporidium had been reported in 33 New York counties.

Of those cases, 415 were confirmed cases reported to the State Health Department. Thirty-three people had been hospitalized with Cryptosporidiosis.

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