NYC Department of Environmental Protection
By New York City Department of Environmental Protection on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 - 12:16 pm
Job ID: 200107Civil Service Title: PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCTitle Code No: 10124Level: 02Job Category: Clerical & Administrative SupportCareer Level: Experienced (non-manager)Proposed Salary Range: $ 46,782.00 - $ 68,003.00 (Annual)Work Location... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 24, 2015 - 2:13 pm
Above: A rendering of the drilling incident that caused muddy discharge at the base of the Cannonsville Dam, according to the NYC DEP. Source: NYC DEP.
The Cannonsville Dam isn’t leaking, an investigation by the New York City Department of Environmental... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 20, 2015 - 3:08 pm
Above: The Cannonsville Dam, looking upstream toward the Cannonsville Reservoir. The dam’s release chamber is a rock structure surrounded by a road on the righthand side of the image. Muddy water began flowing into the West Branch of the Delaware River... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 15, 2015 - 4:22 pm
It's unusual for New York City-based media outlets to pay much attention to the Catskills, and even more unusual for them to examine the long, often painful history of how exactly New Yorkers get their water, more than a billions gallons a day of it, from... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2015 - 4:48 pm
Above: A photo of Aron Thomas posted on a GoFundMe page dedicated to a fund drive for his wife and children. Photo used with permission.
After just two hours of deliberations, on Tuesday, June 2, an Ulster County Court jury convicted David Reese of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 22, 2015 - 12:46 pm
Sunrise this morning -- Friday, May 22 -- marked the beginning of the boating season on four of New York City's upstate reservoirs in the Catskills: the Cannonsville, the Neversink, the Schoharie and the Pepacton. Boating on the reservoirs is allowed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 20, 2015 - 3:58 pm
Above: An ice rescue training on the Rondout Reservoir on March 10. Photo via the DEP's Flickr page.
March, when the ice of Catskills lakes and reservoirs is the thickest, is the time of year when first responders freshen up their ice rescue skills.
Last... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 20, 2015 - 2:53 pm
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) wants to regularly release water downstream into the Schoharie Valley for the first time since the Schoharie Reservoir was built in 1927, according to a press release issued by the agency on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 12, 2015 - 7:39 pm
Above: Students at Delaware Academy in Delhi celebrate the installation of solar panels at the school's sugarhouse. Photo via Catskill Solar's Facebook page.
In the Catskills, students are tackling climate change in big ways. At Delhi's Delaware Academy... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 - 3:19 pm
Above: The Dividing Weir Bridge the year it was built, in January 1915. Photo via the NYC DEP's Flickr page.
The bridge that carries Reservoir Road across Ulster County's Ashokan Reservoir, known by the New York City Department of Environmental... Read more