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    DEP Announces Rikers Island Feasibility Study for Green Infrastructure Uses

    Environmental Infrastructure  •  Rikers Island

    Rikers Island. Image Credit: NYC DEP.

    On February 3, 2022, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced the Rikers Island Feasibility Study, which will determine the capacity for wastewater and organics processing on Rikers Island after the Corrections facilities are shut down. (read more…)

    Date:02/15/2022
    Category : Department of Environmental Protection
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    DEP Announces Completed Upgrades to Jerome Park Reservoir

    Infrastructure  •  Jerome Park Reservoir, Bronx

    The Jerome Park Reservoir. Image Credit: NYC DEP.

    Approximately 10 percent of the City’s drinking water passes through the reservoir daily. On February 7, 2022, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the completion of infrastructure upgrades at Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx. The project cost $15.7 million, and work started in 2018. (read more…)

    Date:02/11/2022
    Category : Department of Environmental Protection
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    DEP Completes Drainage Upgrades at Throggs Neck Houses in the Bronx

    Infrastructure  •  Throggs Neck, Bronx

    Throggs Neck Houses, Bronx. Upgrades in storm water management and green infrastructure are finished. July 27, 2021

    The drainage chambers capture nearly two million gallons of stormwater annually. On August 16, 2021, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced the completion of a drainage upgrade at the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) Throggs Neck Houses in the Bronx. The $1.3 million project will decrease flooding and overflows into the East River. (read more…)

    Date:09/01/2021
    Category : Department of Environmental Protection
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    Coney Island Wastewater Facility to Receive Upgrades

    Upgrades  •  Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn

    Image Credit: DEP

    The upgrades will help replace pumps that were originally installed in the 1980s. On July 6, 2021, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection announced that work was in progress for upgrades at the Coney Island Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility. The work will include reliability and energy efficiency upgrades for a facility that serves a 15,087 acre drainage area in southern and central Brooklyn. The facility, which currently uses over 30 year-old pumps, handles 110 million gallons a day during dry weather and up to 220 million gallons per day during wet weather. (read more…)

    Date:07/12/2021
    Category : Department of Environmental Protection
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    Westchester County Stream and Wetland Restoration Completed, Protecting a New York City Water Supply

    Restoration  •  Westchester County

    Image Credit: NYC DEP.

    The former Armonk Bowling Alley has been converted into a natural buffer upstream of the Kensico Reservoir and will help to protect a key source of unfiltered drinking water. On June 4, 2021, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced the completion of a $5.5 million restoration project to rebuild a stream and wetlands on the site of the former Armonk Bowling Alley located in Westchester County. The new stream and wetlands expand the natural area and further protects a key source of unfiltered drinking water for the New York City. (read more…)

    Date:07/01/2021
    Category : Department of Environmental Protection
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