The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) partnered with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to sponsor public high students in the A Day in the Life of the Hudson & Harbor event. DEP and the City College of New York (CCNY) have completed a water conservation project which will realize a savings of nearly 11 million gallons of water a year. Students from the Gaynor McCown Expeditionary Learning High School on Staten Island participated in a clean-up event at the Wolfe's Pond Bluebelt in the Prince's Bay neighborhood.
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The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) hosted its fourth annual Reservoir Cleanup Day, with a record 418 volunteers participating. A team from the Bureau of Wastewater Treatment (BWT) won second place at the National Operations Challenge at the Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC) in Chicago. A newly reconstructed playground with green infrastructure elements, one of the first in Manhattan under the Community Parks Initiative (CPI), has been opened on the Lower East Side. Staff from BWT and the Bureau of Public Affairs and Communications (BPAC) recently hosted several community organizations on an informational tour of the Hunts Point Wastewater Treatment Plant.
A pedestrian bridge between the neighborhoods of Old Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach was renamed in honor of former New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Joel Miele. DEP is collecting essential supplies to contribute to the Hurricane Maria relief effort. A new playground featuring green infrastructure elements has opened at P.S. 120Q in Flushing, Queens. DEP Commissioner Vincent Sapienza recently toured the Wards Island Wastewater Treatment Plant to inspect progress on capital improvement projects at the 80 year old A $19 million project is in progress to upgrade the drinking water supply connection to Randall's Island and Wards Island in the East River. More than 50 educators from various organizations participated in a tour to learn about the New York City water supply system.