WATER PLANT’S RI$ING TIDE
Rising construction prices, design changes and a dearth of bidders have more than doubled the cost of a gigantic water-filtration plant being built 10 stories beneath a Bronx driving range, budget experts have found.
The Status of Jamaica Bay
A year after creating the Jamaica Bay Watershed Protection Plan, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a status report charting the improvements made to the city’s wastewater treatment and disposal and the long term goals of the plan.
Map Upon Map: New Dimensions in What Maps Can Do
I was struck, several months ago, by a piece in The Times about the effort to create a new interactive map of the New York City sewer system.
Landmark Agreement for Newtown Creek and Other Sewage Treatment Plants
New Approach Allows NYC to Earn Back Fines Through Improved Performance; Provides Largest-Ever ($10 Million) Community Benefits Package
City’s Environmental Chief Resigns
Emily Lloyd, a veteran of city government who has been commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection since 2005, submitted her resignation on Wednesday morning, City Hall announced.
Success of aquatic plantings a key to the fate of Jamaica Bay’s ecosystem
A crew of scuba divers will plunge into the waters of Jamaica Bay in October, hoping to resurrect a long-lost marine treasure.
Lights, camera, olfaction
The city hired an artist to turn a bane to the nose into a beauty for the eyes.
Council Considers Testing Water for Traces of Drugs
New York City’s vast drinking water supply system provides 1.1 billion gallons a day of water containing minute amounts of pain relievers and other medications. The city does not test for the presence of such drugs, and members of the City Council want to know why.
In City Waters, Beds (and a Job) for Oysters
Hendrix Creek, flowing for just over a mile in Brooklyn through East New York, passes under the Belt Parkway and between two dormant landfills before it empties into Jamaica Bay. The creek, once fed by a natural stream, now starts at the output pipe of a wastewater treatment plant.
Crews Dive Deep for NYC Water Tunnel Job
The divers live in a windowless, pressurized chamber for weeks at a time. They descend 700 feet -- greater than the height of the Space Needle -- to toil for 12-hour shifts in dark, murky water.