The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has received a ten year waiver from the New York State Department of Health (DOH), known as a Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD), which will allow the city to continue delivering unfiltered drinking water from its Catskill and Delaware water supply systems. These systems comprise the largest unfiltered water supply in the United States, delivering about 90 percent of New York City's water on a typical day. DEP employees generously donated toys for needy children during this year's holiday season. This year's DEP holiday party was held on December 20th at Russo's on the Bay in Howard Beach, Queens.
Final 2017 Filtration Avoidance Determination prepared by the New York State Department of Health in consultation with the United State Department of Environmental Protection, outlines a long-term watershed protection plan for 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 former Brookfield Landfill on Staten Island has been transferred to NYC Parks and is officially open to the public after years of remediation. New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Vincent Sapienza joined with Mayor Bill de Blasio to applaud the New York Court of Appeals decision to uphold the Water Board's issuance of credits to homeowners. A total of 1,646 boats were used in 2017 through DEP's recreational boating program, the most of any year since rentals began in 2014. NY1 News produced a feature on the Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Tunnel, with comments by Commissioner Sapienza and Deputy Commissioner Paul Rush.
In the Energy Edition of the Weekly Pipeline Newsletter, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) highlights some of its ongoing and future projects and successes in energy and sustainability. The BEDC Sustainability Section seeks to proactively implement energy-saving and greenhouse gas reduction strategies into DEP's Capital Program. The DEP visited the Camden Solar Center in New Jersey to learn about their innovative application of solar power installed over wastewater treatment process tanks. The Bureau of Environmental Planning and Analysis has developed the Wastewater Treatment Plant Water-Energy Nexus (WWTP-WEN) study, an Excel-based tool to better understand the carbon footprint benefits of DEP's sustainability programs.
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.