The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has given away its first rain barrels of 2017 to homeowners throughout the city, who can save up to 40 percent of their water use during summer months by using them for lawn and garden tasks. Last year, a total of 11,111 of the barrels were distributed. Since 2013, the DEP has avoided approximately 200 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions through the Demand Response Program. The DEP's only Steam Stationary Engineer, Robert Mastrolembo, is featured in Focus on the Field, which describes his role in maintaining the steam heating system at Wards Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. DEP staff recently participated in the Lower Hudson Valley Professiona Engineering Society's Engineering Expo 2017.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is working on a $31 million project to restore and upgrade a historic building on Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn that now serves as a water tunnel and shaft maintenance headquarters. Originally, the building was constructed as a 250-horse stable for the Department of Sanitation. The Catskill Watershed Corporation, which partners with the DEP to maintain water quality and improve watershed communities, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Around 200 homeowners from communities in southeast Queens received free rain barrels from the DEP and local representatives. The DEP and other city agencies celebrate National Work Zone Awareness Week.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) encourages anglers to take advantage of fishing opportunities on city-owned reservoirs and lakes through the agency's free access permitting system. Resources and events are offered such as brochures, an interactive mapping utility (RecMapper), and family fishing days. One such day will be held at Lake Gleneida on Saturday, April 29. Teams of wastewater treatment workers are training for the DEP Operators Challenge, to be held at the end of April. With the warming weather, the DEP is assisting maple producers to tap maple trees on city-owned lands in upstate watersheds.
Reports on the development, progress and achievements of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's source water protection programs established to maintain the Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD) for the Catskill/Delaware portion of the New York City water supply.
Reports on the development, progress and achievements of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's source water protection programs established to maintain the Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD) for the Catskill/Delaware portion of the New York City water supply.