WHEN we think of dry towns, we usually don’t include this one.

But that’s changing since Mayor Bloomberg declared a drought emergency.

The Four Seasons’ pool is a flowery pit. Aquavit’s waterfalls will soon stop splashing. And tap water is poured only by request.

On the other hand, you could be in for a discounted or free bottle of designer H2O.

Everyone is being asked to conserve water – all businesses are required to cut usage by 15 percent – a request that has special consequences for the city’s restaurants.

Downtown hot spot Suba is reminding customers about the drought, and letting them decide whether to request tap water. They’ve seen a slight uptick in orders for the bottled kind.

Aquavit isn’t serving tap water unless asked, not a big change when most of the clientele orders $6 per bottle Ramlosa FIRMS FINED IN FATAL FALL OF S … 04/10/2002

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FIRMS FINED IN FATAL FALL OF SCAFFOLD

Byline: By NEIL GRAVES

Three contractors have been fined $160,000 by the Department of Labor for their part in a scaffold collapse on Park Avenue South last year that killed five and injured 11.

Tri-State Scaffolding of Deer Park, L.I., was found most liable, being fined $146,600 for violations ranging from erecting a scaffold not designed by a professional engineer to violating worker-protection rules.

Also fined were New Millennium Restoration of Ridgewood, Queens, $9,750, and Nesa Inc. of Woodside, Queens, $3,000.

Nesa was the general contractor and New Millennium, which was cited for “failure to train employees on various hazards,” was responsible for demolition and restoration.

The 160-foot-high scaffold at 210 Park Avenue South – climbing 14 stories – collapsed Oct. 24.

Tri-State Scaffold did not respond to calls yesterday.