NYC Department of Environmental Protection
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Sep. 1, 2011 - 6:05 pm
This just in from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection:
DEP will activate the Ashokan Reservoir Release Channel tomorrow, following a request from Ulster County, and with the agreement of the State Department of Environmental... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 - 11:41 am
This just in from Eric Kight, the project manager at the NYC Department of Environmental Protection: The intersection of Rte. 28A and Monument Road in Olive will be closed for three days in September to make way for construction. The next of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011 - 9:26 pm
Image: Potential 5-day path of Hurricane Irene and associated storms. From NOAA.
It will most likely be a few days til the worst of the storms associated with Hurricane Irene hit upstate New York, but emergency responders are already... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 - 4:28 pm
Troop 163 getting ready for its closeup on Friday at the Ashokan Reservoir fountain. Photo by Diane Galusha.
This Saturday, a crew of 15 boy scouts from West Shokan will arrive triumphantly in Central Park after trekking the 120-mile path that New York... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 - 1:33 pm
To the editor:
Kayak, canoe, row, or sail the Ashokan Reservoir! This is the second season for AshokanBoaters.org, a boating group dedicated to bringing the DEP's recreational boating program to the Ashokan.
A visit to the Cannonsville Reservoir will... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 - 5:01 pm
Photo of new Ashland wastewater treatment plant courtesy of NYC DEP.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today that a new sewage treatment plant in the Greene County town of Ashland is complete.
The plant will serve 90... Read more
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 Lissa Harris on Friday, Jul. 29, 2011 - 9:00 am
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced yesterday that, starting today, the Lower Esopus will get 10 to 15 million gallons of clean water a day from the Ashokan Reservoir.
For creekside residents below the Ashokan, who have... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 21, 2011 - 4:32 pm
Photo: Excess water spilling over the Gilboa Dam at the Schoharie Reservoir. Image released into the public domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
At a public hearing in Kingston today, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection released... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jul. 9, 2011 - 10:13 am
Roundup, a common herbicide, was sprayed this week along roads running next to the Pepacton Reservoir, which supplies much of New York City's vast supply of unfiltered drinking water.
Our columnist Ellen Verni sent us a photo of a notice posted on... Read more
Pages
