Half a million gallons of water leaking from Hudson's tank

HUDSON, N.Y. (NEWS10) -Water in the City of Hudson comes through its plant and is then stored in a tank. It was on Thursday, the first night of Kwanzaa however, that Mayor Kamal Johnson reported water was being lost from that tank at an alarming rate.

"The tank itself, there’s no issues whatsoever. What happened is, there was a cold snap that came through about a week or so ago and temperatures went sub-zero," explained Robert William Perry Jr., Superintendent of Public Works.

That cold snap caused the pipes to snap. There have been close to ten confirmed buildings with this problem. "It’s not uncommon for buildings, especially unoccupied buildings or those that are being gutted for construction… Don’t have heat on it, to have their internal piping burst."

Unoccupied doesn’t mean abandoned. City officials ask that anyone traveling for the holidays has someone check in on their home for damages.

"We will most likely be able to recognize and pinpoint a lot of these locations that we haven’t been able to yet once these people return from the holiday," said Justin Weaver, Mayoral Aid and ADA Coordinator.

As the tank has already lost half a million gallons, about 20 percent of its capacity, the question is: Will Hudson run out of water?

"No," stated Weaver. "And the City has a ton of water in reserve. There should be no concern from the community that we’re gonna run out of water." Still, City officials recommend conserving water.