The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has released its 2017 Water Conservation Report, detailing the progress made under various programs to advance water use efficiency. One of DEP's sludge vessels, the M/V Hunts Point, has been repaired and retrofitted at the Caddell Drydock on Staten Island. A workshop will be hosted at Civic Hall on June 14 to explain eligibility and application details for funding available through the DEP's Green Infrastructure Grant Program.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is currently undertaking multiple projects to address flooding in eastern Queens neighborhoods, as part of a $1.7 billion commitment by the City's Mayor, Bill de Blasio. DEP recently worked to clear debris in the waters of Sheepshead Bay. As part of a statewide effort to educate the public about invasive species, DEP has set up an education tent at the Pakatakan Farmers Market in Delaware County for the duration of New York Invasive Species Week.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) 2017 Summer Intern Program is underway, with over 150 participants from across the country. The first official class of DEP participants has graduated from the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Program , which aims to reduce waste and/or errors in business processes. The Children's Museum of Manhattan is once again featuring Dynamic H2O, an outdoor water exhibit housed in the Sussman Environmental Center that allows children and their families to better understand how New York City's complex water supply system works.
A Climate action Executive Order to protect our residents and all human beings from the effects of climate
change, New York City will adopt the principles and goals of the Paris Agreement.
The Demand Management Unit within DEP is tasked with development of a citywide strategy that will outline DEP's plan for implementation of water demand management projects between now and 2021. The Water Demand Management Plan identifies six key strategies for managing water demand in New York City in light of the Water for the Future program, and details 21 specific initiatives to be implemented over the next eight years in order to achieve targeted water demand reductions.
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) has been awarded the #1 rank in customer satisfaction among water utilities in the Northeast Region by the J.D. Power 2017 Water Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. DEP and the Department of Design and Construction have begun work on a $95 million project to clean Pugsley Creek in the South Bronx. An asphalt lot at Public School 120Q in Flushing, Queens, will be renovated into a green playground. DEP hosted a Family Fishing Day, co-sponsored by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, at Pepacton Reservoir in Delaware County.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) celebrated the 31st annual Water Resources Art and Poetry Contest at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center in Long Island City, Queens, honoring the contributions of more then 1,800 students from New York City and watershed communities. Representatives from DEP participated in the Great Water Cities Summit 2017 conference hosted by the Water Environment Federation and the New York Water Environment Association. Four veteran DEP K-9 police officers have been promoted in a ceremony held at the Staff Sgt. Robert H. Dietz DEP Police Academy.
City, state and local representatives were on site at the Schoharie Reservoir to view a tunneling machine that will begin work soon as part of a $400 million project to construct a modern release works for the reservoir. The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been presented with a special recognition by the Public Design Commission for its thoughtful design of green infrastructure in the watershed to help protect the city's water supply. The DEP is hosting a wetlands exploration event at Ashokan Reservoir on May 26 in celebration of American Wetlands Month. Free rain barrels have been distributed to almost 100 homeowners in the Bronx as part of the agency's rain barrel giveaway program.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has released its Fiscal Year 2018 Executive Budget. Priorities outlined for the next several years include the completion of shafts for City Tunnel 3, reconstruction of the Catskill Aqueduct from Kensico to Hillview Reservoirs, the completion of the Rondout-West Branch Tunnel repair, and investment into wastewater treatment and sewer projects. A $13.4 million project to upgrade the release works at the New Croton Dam is entering its testing phase. A delegation of environment, forest and climate change experts from India toured the Catskill and Delaware watersheds and met with officials from the DEP as well as the Catskill Watershed Corporation, Watershed Agricultural Council, and the Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program.
The State of the Sewers report provides an overview of how the City's sewer system works, DEP's approach to inspection, cleaning, and repair of the system, a breakdown of the most recurrent causes of sewer blockages, a look at the new employee training facility and safety programs, how advanced analytics, software, and mapping tools are being used to target problematic areas and hydraulic modeling is guiding designs for future capital projects and citywide and borough by borough performance analytics.
Local Law Air Reports are required annually by Local Law 77 of 2003 and Local Laws 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42 of 2005. These reports document the use of ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel and the best available control technologies to redcue particulate matter and nitrogen oxides in the environment.
More than 460 children of employees of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) participated in Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Charmaine Berry of the Bureau of Customer Services has been promoted to Chief Inspector of the Bronx Borough Office, the first woman to hold that role in the bureau. The DEP celebrates 30 years of operation of its Industrial Pretreatment Program (IPP), which has overseen multiple improvements to wastewater management including a reduction in toxic metal discharges into city sewers of more than 99 percent. Five DEP projects have been honored at the annual gala of the ACEC New York Engineering Excellence Awards.
Since the 1990s, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has imposed certain stormwater-related requirements on Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) infrastructure operated by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), which were incorporated into the individual permits for DEP's 14 wastewater treatment plants. The City's MS4 permit requires the development by August 1, 2018 of a Stormwater Management Program (SWMP) Plan, the goal of which will be to reduce pollution that reaches waterbodies through the MS4.
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.
In accordance with the CSO Order on Consent (DEC Case No. CO2-20110512-25, modification to DEC Case No. CO2-20000107-8), the New York City Department of Environmental Protection submits quarterly reports on its actions toward complying with the Order's milestones.
The Always Creating Excellence (ACE) program recognizes New York City Department of Environmental Protection staff members that have exhibited outstanding effort, and have gone above and beyond the call of duty to serve the people of New York City.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is holding its 30th annual Operations Challenge at the Jamaica Wastewater Treatment Plant, an event in which plant operators compete to showcase their skills and expertise. Engineer Burjor J. Kharivala, P.E., of the the Bureau of Engineering, Design and Construction, is retiring after nearly fifty years of work on the design of City Tunnel 3. The New York City Health Department has released the latest New York City Community Air Survey (NYCCAS) results, finding improvements in air quality between 2008 and 2015.
Newsletter of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) office. The City's EEO Policy was created to provide equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment by ensuring that all workplaces in city agencies are free of illegal discrimination and harassment.
Annual Progress Report on the City's Long-Term Planning and Sustainability Efforts, OneNYC. The report includes the city's progress made to implement and undertake policies, programs and actions included in the sustainability plan or updated sustainability plan.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has given away its first rain barrels of 2017 to homeowners throughout the city, who can save up to 40 percent of their water use during summer months by using them for lawn and garden tasks. Last year, a total of 11,111 of the barrels were distributed. Since 2013, the DEP has avoided approximately 200 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions through the Demand Response Program. The DEP's only Steam Stationary Engineer, Robert Mastrolembo, is featured in Focus on the Field, which describes his role in maintaining the steam heating system at Wards Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. DEP staff recently participated in the Lower Hudson Valley Professiona Engineering Society's Engineering Expo 2017.
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is working on a $31 million project to restore and upgrade a historic building on Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn that now serves as a water tunnel and shaft maintenance headquarters. Originally, the building was constructed as a 250-horse stable for the Department of Sanitation. The Catskill Watershed Corporation, which partners with the DEP to maintain water quality and improve watershed communities, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Around 200 homeowners from communities in southeast Queens received free rain barrels from the DEP and local representatives. The DEP and other city agencies celebrate National Work Zone Awareness Week.
The Mayor's Press Office releases information about notable events and actions taken by the Mayor, as well as transcripts of all media conferences, radio shows, and ceremonies that the Mayor attends.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) encourages anglers to take advantage of fishing opportunities on city-owned reservoirs and lakes through the agency's free access permitting system. Resources and events are offered such as brochures, an interactive mapping utility (RecMapper), and family fishing days. One such day will be held at Lake Gleneida on Saturday, April 29. Teams of wastewater treatment workers are training for the DEP Operators Challenge, to be held at the end of April. With the warming weather, the DEP is assisting maple producers to tap maple trees on city-owned lands in upstate watersheds.
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 tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will be used to drive the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel has been christened NORA in recognition of Nora Stanton Blatch Deforest Barney, a noted suffragist and the first woman in the United States to earn a civil engineering degree. Nora worked for the New York City Board of Water Supply, a predecessor agency of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), on the City's Catskill water supply system. The DEP celebrates the opening of a new fleet maintenance garage in Kingston, Ulster County. Construction is underway on a $25 million sewer upgrade project in Rosedale, Queens.
As it pursues green infrastructure improvements on city-owned property, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) also encourages private property owners to apply for stormwater management funding. Through the Green Infrastructure Grant Program, all property owners in New York City served by combined sewers are eligible to apply for funding to design and construct stormwater management infrastructure to help improve the health of local waterways. DEP scientists have determined that following last week's blizzard, the snowpack in upstate watersheds measures 93.8 billion gallons of snow water equivalent, more than at any time over the previous winter. Work began on a $6.5 million road rehabilitation project along the west side of Schoharie Reservoir.
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) ensured the operation of critical services throughout the recent snowstorm both in the city and upstate watersheds, where upwards of 30 inches fell in some places. DEP Deputy Commissioner Paul Rush and Sean McAndrew of the Bureau of Engineering, Design and Construction (BEDC) are featured in a Times Herald-Record news article discussing the work being done on the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel. A delegation from Santiago, Chile learned about New York City's watershed protection programs at the New Croton Dam. The DEP's Air Monitoring Compliance unit has been using mobile van-mounted air monitoring stations to measure particulate matter in various locations around the city.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has released its annual Watershed Recreation Newsletter, which provides information on outdoor opportunities and events on water supply lands and reservoirs for residents and visitors. Highlights of upcoming events include several family fishing days, boater safety demonstrations, and a safety & survival hike. The Focus on the Field feature highlights the DEP's Lead Unit, part of the Distribution Science and Planning Section of the Bureau of Water Supply, which works to minimize leaching of lead from corrosion of local plumbing.
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.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has presented its 2016 Drinking Water Supply and Quality Report, in accordance with state and national regulations. During the year, the quality of the public water supply met or exceeded all applicable standards. DEP participated in the Teatown Hudson River EagleFest, an event to celebrate bald eagles in the Hudson Valley, at a time when agency biologists have counted the largest population since its surveys began in 2011.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)'s Green Infrastructure program has created two alternatives to the rain garden bioswales now in use, which will be offered to homeowners preferring flat grass cover or concrete. DEP staff have visited an Ohio factory to perform tests on the tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel is being constructed. Bureau of Water Supply scientists sample surface water in watersheds to test for more than 200 parameters including nutrients, pathogens, metals, temperature, pH, conductivity, and turbidity.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will offer more than 65 positions in its upcoming summer internship program. A record 116 bald eagles have been counted in a mid-winter survey conducted by DEP employees and contractors in the City's upstate watersheds, 29 higher than the previous year. DEP Police officers patrolling near the Amawalk Dam recently spotted a pet wallaby that has been missing since 2014.
A $22 million project by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is underway to construct 2 of a planned 19 Bluebelt wetlands in the Mid-Island section of Staten Island. The constructed wetlands help detain stormwater after it empties from the surrounding watershed and sewer system, and naturally filters it before it drains into waterways. Officers of the DEP Police underwent an airboat training excercise simulating a search and rescue operation on Pepacton Reservoir. Construction has started on a $20 million sewer upgrade project in a section of St. Albans, Queens, that has lacked adequate stormwater infrastructure.
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.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has reauthorized the city's tax and water/sewer lien sale program for four years, a critical enforcement tool that helps cover operational expenses and keeps rates as low as possible. Dredging has begun that will remove 91,000 cubic yards of sediment near the World's Fair Marina in Queens. The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) has bestowed the Envision Silver Award on the ongoing $48 million expansion of the Staten Island Bluebelt system.
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.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection newsletter for the recreational users who enjoy the lands and waters of the New York City water supply.
In accordance with the CSO Order on Consent (DEC Case No. CO2-20110512-25, modification to DEC Case No. CO2-20000107-8), the New York City Department of Environmental Protection submits quarterly reports on its actions toward complying with the Order's milestones.
The Always Creating Excellence (ACE) program recognizes New York City Department of Environmental Protection staff members that have exhibited outstanding effort, and have gone above and beyond the call of duty to serve the people of New York City.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection has unveiled a preliminary 10-Year Capital Strategy for fiscal years 2018-2027, which will include investments in wastewater treatment, drinking water supply and distribution, and sewers. The Out of the Archives feature highlights panoramic historic photography of the construction of Olive Bridge Dam and the Ashokan Reservoir in the early 1900s.
Work has begun on a $34 million project to dredge portions of Flushing Bay, to be followed by enhancements to existing wetlands. Potentially hazardous trees are being removed along a stretch of Route 28 in Shokan in order to protect utility lines and public safety, as well as promote natural growth of the next generation of forests. An additional 2,640 acres of New York City property in Delaware, Greene, and Ulster counties were opened for recreation in 2016. Construction continues on the Gilboa Dam release tunnel, which will bring the dam into compliance with modern safety standards.
Following upgrades at four wastewater treatment plants at a total investment of $1 billion, the volume of nitrogen being discharged into the Upper East River has been reduced by more than 60 percent. Radar devices are being installed in the Catskill Mountains to measure snow and more accurately predict how runoff will affect the subsequent year's conditions in watershed reservoirs. Under-ice water quality monitoring buoys have been installed for the fourth year running in Ashokan Reservoir. 19 new officers have graduated from the Staff Sgt. Robert H. Dietz DEP Police Academy in Kingston, New York.
In 2016, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)'s accomplishments included the activation of the new water delivery tunnel to Staten Island, continued work on the Rondout-West Branch Bypass Tunnel, and the installation of an oyster bed in Jamaica Bay. Watershed maintainers in the Bureau of Water Supply have received additional training on climbing and trimming trees. A composting program has been launched at the DEP's Lefrak City headquarters.