Good news for water quality and CSO education: NYCDEP has just begun a pilot program to help inform people when sewers are overflowing and the importance of limiting water use during rain events. The best part is that the pilot is running in the Newtown Creek watershed! If you are a resident living in the […]
NCA is excited to launch Newtown Creek SAMPLES, an intensive water quality monitoring program funded by the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund and the Office of the New York State Attorney General and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The program will be run by NCA in conjunction with the Environmental Science department at LaGuardia […]
(photo via NCA instagram) Save the Date: The next Newtown Creek Community Advisory Group (CAG) meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 22. The EPA will be discussing Point Sources. We will also be introducing two newly assigned CAG support consultants and voting on a new co-chair for the Steering Committee. The meetings are open to the public and provide opportunity […]
The NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection is hosting an annual city wide meeting about the Long Term Control Process (LTCP). The DEP is currently in the middle of updating the LTCPs across the city for specific waterbodies, including Newtown Creek. Basically, these will layout plan for water quality improvements across the next 10 to 20 […]