This report is prepared by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to comply with sectin 5.1 of the November 2002 Filtation Avoidance Determination (FAD), which requires that New York City submit a Comprehensive Water Quality/Program Evaluation Report to the United States Environmental Protection Administration (EPA). Its purpose is to summarize the achievements of the programs that comprise New York City's overall watershed protection program; to review water quality status and trends in the Catskill/Delaware basins; and, where possible, to demonstrate the link between program activities and changes in water quality.