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    DEP Announces Completion of Green Infrastructure Changes Around Jamaica Bay

    Department of Environmental Protection  •  Green Infrastructure  •  Jamaica Bay, Queens

    Green medians help divert stormwater from sewer systems to reduce flooding conditions and prevent sewer overflows. Image Credit: NYC DEP.

    On September 6, 2023, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the completion of a project to install new green infrastructure to help absorb stormwater and reduce chronic flooding to help Jamaica Bay.  (more…)

    Date: 09/14/2023
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    DEP Announces Rikers Island Feasibility Study for Green Infrastructure Uses

    Department of Environmental Protection  •  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. (more…)

    Date: 02/15/2022
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    DEP Announces Installation of Solar Panels on Schools, Water Treatment Facilities

    Department of Environmental Protection  •  Solar Energy  •  Citywide

    Solar panels like these will be installed on almost 50 school buildings citywide. Image Credit: NYC DEP

    The new solar power installations will help to generate over 22 megawatts of solar energy. On March 1, 2021, New York City and the New York Power Authority announced the installation of solar arrays at almost 50 public schools within New York City as well as at water treatment facilities in Manhattan, Westchester, Delaware, and Ulster counties. The power generated by the installations is enough to power approximately 5,600 City residences and reduce nearly 7,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent each year. Energy storage facilities are also planned to be used at these facilities in order to store power for times of higher electricity demand. (more…)

    Tags : carbon emissions, Solar energy, solar panels
    Date: 03/16/2021
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    DEP Announces Construction of Stormwater Collection System in Westchester County

    Department of Environmental Protection  •  Resiliency  •  Westchester County

    Image Credit: Department of Environmental Protection

    City prioritizes safe drinking water with infrastructure investment. On July 23, 2020, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced that during the first week of August, construction of a stormwater collection system near the Cross River Reservoir would commence. The stormwater collection system is intended to enhance reservoir protections by capturing runoff, sediment and nutrients from a 9.3-acre drainage area in the town of Bedford. The venture is projected to cost nearly $1.1 million and expected to occupy 1 acre of city-owned property east of the Cross River Dam.

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    Tags : clean drinking water, DEP, Department of Environmental Protection, Resiliency, stormwater
    Date: 08/11/2020
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