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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 - 2:51 pm
This just in from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection: NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the appointment of a new DEP commissioner today.
New DEP head Carter Strickland was promoted from within; before today's appointment, he was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 - 3:50 pm
A close-up photograph of a crack inside the Delaware Aqueduct under the hamlet of Roseton in Ulster County. Photo provided by the NYC DEP.
On Friday, the DEP told the world that it is planning an enormous public works project to repair the leaking... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 - 9:02 pm
A rendering of the DEP's plans for a three-mile bypass to the Delaware Aqueduct. Image provided by NYC DEP.
Tonight, New York City Department of Environmental Protection commissioner Cas Holloway told a group of Wawarsing residents that their chronically-... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 - 10:03 am
William Kemble at the Daily Freeman reports the latest in Wawarsing's years-long saga with the leaky Delaware Aqueduct. Tonight, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's commissioner, Cas Holloway, will meet face-to-face with the town's... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 - 2:46 pm
The first of 56 UV-irradiating steel-disinfection chambers being installed in the DEP's new ultraviolet Disinfection Facility in Westchester County. Photo via the DEP's Facebook page.
Beginning in 2012, all the water from the Catskills-Delaware watershed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 - 9:54 am
An unworldly photo of a rainbow over the Ashokan reservoir, taken by NYC DEP intern Cailee Nicole.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is planning to drain the Ashokan Reservoir of about 450 million gallons per day for the next few... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010 - 3:51 pm
The specific parcels involved in New York City's land-buying plans for the New York City watershed -- the subject of much debate over the past year -- have finally been announced today.
In a press release published on the NYC Department of Environmental... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 25, 2010 - 11:04 am
It's been over 20 years, but Wawarsing's maddest, wettest homeowners have finally gotten what they've been clamoring for -- a clear admission, from the highest level of command at the New York City DEP, that the leaky Delaware Aqueduct has been damaging... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Apr. 23, 2010 - 4:24 pm
The DEC's announcement that it will make gas drilling in NYC's watershed extremely difficult drew a statement from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg this afternoon:
The portions of the Marcellus Shale where the City’s watershed lies must be treated differently... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Apr. 10, 2010 - 10:24 pm
The DEP recently announced the purchase of another 1,026 acres of land in New York City's west-of-Hudson watershed, prompting howls of outrage from the usual suspects.
Dean Frazier, Delaware County Watershed affairs commissioner, spoke at a public... Read more