Local Law 48 of 2015 requires all catch basins within the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) jurisdiction to be inspected annually and unclogged or repaired within nine days of inspection or receipt of a complaint.
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.
MOCTO has identified five principles for broadband service: Equity, Performance, Affordability, Privacy, and Choice. This report describes how broadband service in New York City, and the infrastructure through which it is provided, currently delivers on these five principles.
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.
Over the past five years, DEP has achieved savings of nearly 10 million gallons of water each day through our demand management initiatives. This report highlights the success of these and other demand management programs from the past five years and presents a plan that will drive down demand.
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
Report on revenues received by the City from each franchise DOT grants (bus stop shelters, public toilets, trash receptacles, multi rack news racks, info/comp kiosks) and the locations of each structure installed or removed during the preceding calendar year.
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 Voluntary Local Review (VLR) highlights NYC’s sustainable development achievements since 2015. It uses the common language of the Global Goals to translate NYC’s local actions to a global audience, with a focus on the five priority Goals for the 2018 HLPF.
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.
With this Plan, the City will continue to identify sources of stormwater pollution and develop a range of policies and strategies to reduce it, all with the goal of improving and protecting the waters for the generations of New Yorkers to come.
The Cross Connection Control Program is one of the tools DEP employs to protect the City's water supply system by requiring specified businesses to install and maintain approved backflow prevention devices.
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.
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.