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ROCKLAND RESTAURANTS RALLY FOR SAFE, CLEAN, AFFORDABLE WATER!

If you love good food – and who doesn’t? - then come out during the week of September 23-30 to one of the many great Rockland restaurants participating in Water Week, to help support the fight by Rockland Water Coalition to ensure safe, clean and affordable drinking water for our residents and businesses.

Water Week is a great opportunity to enjoy great meals out, while recognizing participating restaurants for their commitment to help their community!

During the week of Monday, Sept. 23, to Monday, Sept. 30, each of the participating restaurants will donate 10% of their profits from one day or evening to fight this good fight.

The Rockland Water Coalition's website, www.SustainableRockland.org, lists the participating Rockland restaurants and indicates which day or night each restaurant has chosen to offer its donation.

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Look for your favorite restaurant or take this opportunity to try a new one! Please be sure to tell them that you are there because of Water Week and thank them for their participation!

Participating restaurants include: Nanuet: Posa Posa; Nyack: Alain's French Bistro, Art Cafe, Back to Earth of Nyack, Cafe Barcel, Cloud 9 FroYo Cafe, Didier Dumas Patisserie, Harbor Hill Bar & Grill, Johnny Cakes, Lanterna Tuscan Bistro, Nyack Pour House, Sour Kraut, Spice of India, Temptations, The King and I, Wasabi; Palisades: The Market; Pearl River: Greenhouse Cafe, Pearl River Taco & Burrito, Raffaele’s on Central Pizzeria; Piermont: Confetti Ristorante & Vinoteca, Pier 701 on Hudson, Sidewalk Bistro, Slatterys Landing; Sparkill: Roost Restaurant; and Tappan: Giulio's Restaurant, Seventy Six House.

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Rockland Water Coalition opposes United Water’s plans for selling Rockland ratepayers treated Hudson River water for drinking water because of the huge cost, when there are cheaper, safer options. Water rates will increase by $400-$500 for the average household if this plant is built, making our rates among the highest in the nation. Rockland residents are also very concerned about the plant's impact on the Hudson River and drinking treated Hudson River water, which may contain trace amounts of radioactive compounds from the leaking Indian Point nuclear plant, located just 3 miles upstream.

Look for the ROCKLAND WATER COALITION decal in the windows of participating restaurants, and go to www.SustainableRockland.org for an updated listing.


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