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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Eleven parks have been added to the Community Parks Initiative (CPI), a major project to revitalize community parks which have received less than $250,000 in funding over the past 20 years. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has committed $50 million in funding for adding green infrastructure elements to these parks. A $25 million infrastructure upgrade funded by DEP and managed by the Department of Design and Construction (DDC) to sewers and water mains in Far Rockaway has been completed. DEP will be holding its fourth Reservoir Cleaning Day on Sunday, October 1, at several reservoirs in watersheds both west and east of the Hudson River. A team from DEP will compete in the National Operations Challenge at the Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC) in Chicago.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has published Innovative & Integrated Stormwater Management, a report examining national and international stormwater programs to enhance the agency's understanding and refine New York City's approach to its stormwater program. The DEP has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 20% since fiscal year 2006, with a goal of an 80% reduction by 2050. DEP Education staff conducted a three-day professional development workshop for New York City middle and high school teachers on water resources and climate change. DEP has quantified the greenhouse gas impacts of its sustainability programs, including water conservation, green infrastructure, and wetland restoration, with the Water-Energy Nexus Tool, developed by the Bureau of Environmental Planning and Analysis in coordination with the Bureau of Wastewater Treatment.
To develop and create the most effective stormwater management program possible, DEP looked to its peers in other municipalities to understand which methods have been successful in implementing stormwater management programs and meeting regulatory requirements. This report provides DEP with baseline knowledge to make informed and effective decisions for our community as we continue to develop and implement our stormwater management program.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) marks the beginning of the tunneling phase of the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel program, a $1 billion repair project to address two areas of leakage within the 85-mile long Delaware Aqueduct. The tunnel will be driven by an advanced boring machine dedicated in honor of Nora Stanton Blatch Deforest Barney, the first woman in the United States to earn a college degree in civil engineering and a contributor to the city's Catskill water system. The Downtown Far Rockaway Redevelopment Project, which aims to revitalize the area as part of the neighborhood's first rezoning since 1961, has been approved by the New York City Council.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has accomplished many significant milestones since the first issue of its Weekly Pipeline Newsletter in 2010, including the activation of the Croton Water Filtration Plant and the Manhattan portion of City Tunnel 3, and the initiation of a major repair to the Delaware Aqueduct. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, New York City employees are able to directly donate a portion of their paychecks to hurricane relief efforts. DEP has announced a number of new initiatives and updated rules and regulations aimed at improving air quality. A $15 million project to upgrade sewer infrastructure and water mains along Bloomingdale Road in Staten Island has been completed three months ahead of schedule.
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.
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)'s Bureau of Engineering, Design and Construction (BEDC) is engaged in several large capital projects to improve the city's water supply infrastructure, including the replacement of gates and valves in the New Croton Dam, and a permanent water release tunnel from Schoharie Reservoir around the Gilboa Dam. Gardeners from the Bureau of Water & Sewer Operations (BWSO) have discovered monarch catterpillars and chrysalides for the second year in a row in Queens rain gardens. DEP will be hosting an annual Family Fishing Day on Sunday, September 17 at the Woodstock Dike on Ashokan Reservoir.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Department of Design and Construction (DDC) have completed the largest ever expansion of the Staten Island Bluebelt, an artificial wetland system which helps manage stormwater and reduce localized flooding. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has accepted DEP's Certification of Completed Construction for the $5 billion Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade. NYC tap water was awarded the top prize at the 2017 Regional Tap Water Taste Contest held at the American Museum of Natural History. Water-saving automatic shut-off timers and activation buttons have been installed on 400 spray showers at City playgrounds.
Integral pieces of the $30 million tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will be used to repair a leak in the 85-mile-long Delaware Aqueduct have begun to arrive in Newburgh. Earlier this year, the machine was named Nora after trailblazing suffragist and engineer Nora Stanton Blatch Deforest Barney. 135 young people participated in the 2017 Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) summer internship program. Sheep have been deployed to Rondout Reservoir to help maintain the facility's grassy fields after peviously having been stationed at Neversink Dam.
After 10 years of outreach through the Hydrant Education Action Team (HEAT) program, reports of illegally opened hydrants have fallen by more than 60 percent. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) joined with Council Member Andy King to distribute rain barrels to approximately 100 Bronx homeowners from the Wakefield, Olinville, Edenwald, Eastchester, Williamsbridge, Baychester, and Co-op City neighborhoods. Ground was broken on a project to convert an asphalt schoolyard at JHS 189Q in Flushing, Queens, to a playground with green infrastructure elements.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announces the Ashokan Century Program, a comprehensive $750 million project to upgrade infrastructure and facilities at the Ashokan Reservoir in Ulster County. Work will be performed on the main dam and dikes, spillway channel, and dividing weir bridge, as well as the Catskill Aqueduct headworks and chambers and a monument to J. Waldo Smith, the Chief Engineer of the original construction. Work continues on the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel, with preparations in place for the start of tunnel boring. DEP joined local elected officials to distribute rainbarrels to around 320 homeowners on the South Shore of Staten Island.
As required by the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit, the Progress Report on the development of the Stormwater Management Program (SWMP) was presented to the public. The comments received on each Progress Report presented and published will be used to inform development of the SWMP Plan.