Design underway for Catskill Aqueduct Repair and Rehabilitation project, which will comprehensively clean and repair the cut and cover portions of the aqueduct for the first time since their construction. Commissioner Emily Lloyd and Deputy Commissioners Angela Licata and Vincent Sapienza represent Department of Environmental Protection at the United Nations International Conference on Water, Megacities and Global Change.
Overview of Department of Environmental Protection's recreational boating program at Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton, and Schoharie Reservoirs. DEP monitoring reveals that boaters, who are instructed to steam clean their approved watercraft before use, have had no negative impact on water quality. Watershed Agricultural Council opens the Pure Catskills Marketplace, an online market for farm and forest products. United States Environmental Protection Agency awards DEP a Breathe Easy Award for its response to Local Law 77, requiring diesel-powered non-road equipment of 50 horsepower or greater to be equipped with a filter.
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.
Paper delivered on behalf of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection at the inaugural conference of Water, Megacities and Global Changes hosted in Paris from December 1 to 4, 2015, by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Groundbreaking held for Staten Island's first mid-island bluebelt system. A total of 62 bluebelt wetlands, which help to naturally filter stormwater, have already been built on the south shore. New York City agencies prepare for Thanksgiving Day parade. Department of Environmental Police conduct search for missing single engine plane in the vicinity of Titicus Reservoir.