The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has concluded construction on a $71 million infrastructure upgrade project in Flushing, Queens, to improve roadway drainage and help mitigate flooding during rainstorms. Ground was broken on a new green playground at P.S. 33 in Chelsea.
The 31st annual Operations Challenge, co-sponsored by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA), was held at the Jamaica Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant. This year, DEP is celebrating both Earth Day and Water Week simultaneously.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has released a streamlined green roof funding schedule for its Green Infrastructure Grant Program. DEP workers from the Bureau of Water & Sewer Operations (BWSO) provided a demonstration of how rain gardens work to children from PS75.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is proposing a 2.36% increase in the Fiscal Year 2019 water rate to the New York City Water Board, which would remain well below the national average for large U.S. cities.
A micro-tunneling machine recently holed through on the tunnel segment of the Schoharie Reservoir Release Works. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) joined Trout Unlimited and agriculture students from John Bowne High School to release juvenile trout raised by the students
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.