Documents Related to the New York City Filtration Avoidance Determination
- Implementation of New York City's Watershed Protection Program and Compliance with the 2007
Filtration Avoidance Determination: Status Review of the First Five Year Period [PDF 158 KB, 42 pp] - Report on the City of New York's Progress in Implementing the Watershed Protection Program, and Complying with the Filtration Avoidance Determination [PDF 190 KB, 33 pp]. (August 2006 EPA, with assistance from NYSDOH, completed this evaluation)
- EPA Grants NYC New Waiver from Filtering Drinking Water from its Catskill/Delaware Water System 2007 Filtration Avoidance Determination [PDF 780 KB, 96 pp]
- FAD Attachment- NYC’s Long-Term Watershed Protection Program [PDF 2.2 MB, 76 pp]
- EPA, Region 2’s Response to Comments [PDF 1.6 KB, 32 pp]
- Final Revised 2007 FAD, issued by NYSDOH in consultation with EPA [PDF 780 KB, 96 pp]
Links:
- New York City Watershed Memorandum of Agreement
- New York City Watershed Rules and Regulations
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection Annual Report on the FAD
- EPA page on Safe Drinking Water Act
EPA partners with the following organizations on the NYC Water Supply Protection Program:
State Government
- New York State Department of Health
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
Local Government
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection
- Putnam County
- Westchester County
- Delaware County Department of Watershed Affairs
- Green County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Delaware County Soil and Water Conservation District
Professional Associations
Other Organizations
- Watershed Protection and Partnership Council
- Watershed Agricultural Council
- The Catskill Watershed Corporation
- Catskill Center for Conservation and Development
- The Center for Watershed Protection
Academic Institutions