The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)'s Bureau of Sustainability has launched the New York City Water Challenge to Universities, engaging six participating colleges to work to reduce their campus-wide average water consumption by five percent.
Heavy rains during the wettest August in 90 years of water supply records has overfilled the reservoir system, such that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been making large releases of water to downstream rivers.
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.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has released its annual harbor water quality report, detailing progress in restoring the harbor's natural ecology. New York City tap water was awarded the top prize last week at the New York State Tap Water Taste Test competition.