The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is pursuing multiple projects to address flooding in southeast Queens neighborhoods. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, archbishop of New York, visited workers at the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is making significant investments to its infrastructure, including the $1 billion project to construct a bypass tunnel for the Delaware Aqueduct under the Hudson River.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has begun construction on a $67 million energy efficiency upgrade at the Hunts Point Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility in the south Bronx. The new centrifuges are designed to consume 60% less electricity and process 25% more material
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced a $400 million project to improve the ecological health of Jamaica Bay, including wetland restoration, environmental dredging, and installation of ribbed mussel beds.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) joined other City agencies in responding to the recent steam pipe rupture in Manhattan's Flatiron district. DEP employees participated in the annual NYC Disability Pride Parade, as it has in years past.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced plans for the Kensico-Eastview Tunnel, a $1.2 billion tunneling project that will improve operational reliability of the drinking water supply system.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has completed a $14.5 million infrastructure upgrade project at Baisley Pond Park, Queens, to improve street conditions and prevent flooding.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is working toward a goal of managing 1.7 billion gallons of stormwater annually by 2030. DEP Commissioner Vincent Sapienza was featured in a New York Times article on wastewater management.
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.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is constructing Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) retention facilities as part of the Gowanus Canal Superfund cleanup. DEP was featured in the New York Times regarding its work to study the effects of cloudbursts.