A three-year climate and stormwater management collaboration program with the City of Copenhagen has begun with a series of tours in Brooklyn and Queens. A sewer upgrade project has been presented to Bronx Community Board 11, which is designed to intercept 400 million gallons of annual pollution that would otherwise discharge into Westchester Creek. Approximately 80 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions have been avoided by the Department of Environmental Protection's participation in the New York City Demand Response Program.
The Department of Environmental Protection has published its annual Watershed Recreation Newsletter for the benefit of watershed residents and visitors. The Bureau of Public Affars & Communications has contacted 25,000 homes in southeast Queens to educate about improper grease disposal. DEP staff also performed a citywide affort to educate New Yorkers about water leaks and the means to repair them.