With the Riverbank State Park located atop of the North River Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, the City has been monitoring formaldehyde levels in the Park for the past three years. The Ambient Air Formaldehyde Monitoring Report summarizes the findings.
24 employees of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection were included in research presented at the annual New York Water Environmental Association (NYWEA) Watershed Science and Technical Conference. The first batch of 21 steel liners for reinforcement of the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel have departed Louisiana for Newburgh, New York.Two teams from the Bureau of Wastewater Treatment participated in the Water Environment Federation's annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC).
Gardeners with the Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations have discovered that monarch butterflies, whose numbers have diminished since the mid-1990s, have taken to new rain gardens installed as part of the green infrastructure initiative. Employees of the Department of Environmental Protection are encouraged to submit ideas for naming the tunnel boring machine that will be used on the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel. The National Association of Clean Water Agencies has awarded eight DEP wastewater treatment plants with Peak Performance awards.