Warneck Station LEED Project
Solid Waste
Telecommunications
The Warneck Pump Station was originally constructed in 1986 to serve as the primary sewage pumping station between Fort Drum and the City of Watertown. In 2011, the Authority invested $2.5 million to expand the Warneck Station to house critical additions to water and wastewater operations, provide functional office space for engineering staff, and continue to meet the needs of the Army and its municipal customers.
In 1992, the Development Authority of the North Country opened the first double-composite landfill sited, permitted, constructed and operated under NYS DEC Part 360 rules and regulations. Since that time, the Development Authority has led the way in waste management, operating a state-of-the-art disposal facility, but also in educating a region unaccustomed to recycling into conservation-conscious citizens, and ushering in a new generation of waste-to-power innovation with its gas-to-energy project in 2008.
In 2002, the Authority made its first foray into telecommunications by signing contracts with Jefferson-Lewis and St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES to provide “fiber optic connectivity and distance-learning equipment.� The resulting 450 miles of fiber optic lines (called the Open Access Telecom Network), has multiplied into 1,250 miles of high-speed internet fiber optics in a vast and growing web of telecom infrastructure throughout the whole of northern New York, and into the Adirondacks.
The project was designed to U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, which promote energy savings in design and operation.
In 2013, the final two cells of the originally designed landfill were authorized by the NYSDEC to begin accepting waste. The existing landfill is expected to have capacity for another decade.
The network provides transport services to public and private sector telecom providers. The Authority recently renewed its BOCES contracts, and has also recently completed a telemedicine network that links together 95 hospitals and clinics across the region for better patient care.