PANEL PICKS FIRMS FOR WATER SYSTEM.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer

Saratoga County selected two local engineering firms Tuesday to design its proposed countywide water system and fix a price for the water that would be charged communities connecting to the system.

``We indicated a need. We have to indicate a cost. We believe the need is there for between 5 million and 6 million gallons per day,'' said Supervisor Raymond Callanan, R-Ballston, chairman of the county Water Committee.

Callanan said among the communities interested in the county water, only Saratoga Springs and Clifton Park have said how much they may need. Saratoga Springs has said it would require 4.5 million …