New York City Department of Environmental Protection newsletter. Weekly Pipeline is published every Tuesday and is distributed to DEP employees and to the public via the agency website. It features news about agency projects, employee profiles, saftey reminders and the Commissioner's Corner.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection newsletter. Weekly Pipeline is published every Tuesday and is distributed to DEP employees and to the public via the agency website. It features news about agency projects, employee profiles, saftey reminders and the Commissioner's Corner.
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.
This report is compiled to satisfy requirements of the July 2007 United States Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD), which requires the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to submit a comprehensive annual report on the status of the watershed protection program. Under the filtration avoidance waivers that have been in effect since December 27, 1991, DEP produces and provides an extensive schedule of other reports, data and documents to the EPA and the New York State Department of Health (DOH). Further information on the programs discussed here can be found in the reports submitted pursuant to the May 1997, November 2002 and July 2007 FADs.
The 2011 Progress Report demonstrates progress toward the 29 goals and 100 specific and measurable initiates outlined by the New York City Department of Environemtnal Protection in its initial report Strategy 2011-2014.
In 2011, the City created an interagency Green Infrastructure Task Force to identify opportunities to add green infrastructure to capital projects, created an Office of Green Infrastructure within DEP, launched a Green Infrastructure Grant Program, developed design standards for green infrastructure, signed a memorandum of agreement for the maintenance of green infrastructure, and facilitated the creation of a Green Infrastructure Steering Committee comprised of community groups and other interested parties.