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Continue reading →: The Resignation of Jim Tripp
New York City Water Board Chairman James Tripp announced his resignation at this morning’s Water Board meeting. Mr. Tripp has an extensive history with the environmental industry, serving as counsel for the Environmental Defense Fund for 35 years. In 1986 he received the New York State Bar Association’s Robert C.…
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Continue reading →: New NYC Green Codes Task Force
From the SWIM website: At the request of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, the New York Chapter of the US Green Building Council will form a NYC Green Codes Task Force to recommend changes to “green” the laws and regulations that govern construction in…
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Continue reading →: Green Roof – Blue Roof
The environmental community is rallying behind efforts to reduce combined sewer overflow (CSO). CSO occurs in New York City when rainfall overwhelms sewage treatment plants resulting in raw sewage being dumped into the adjacent estuary. The city’s solution has been to build huge retention tanks to store the rainfall until…
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Continue reading →: City Council Holds Hearing on Backflow Containment
Councilman James Gennaro called a public hearing of the City Council yesterday to discuss the DEP’s failure to live up to New York State’s imposed requirements for backflow containment devices. In 1981, the state required the DEP to determine which buildings needed the devices and to institute a program to…
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Continue reading →: Rates Going Up
As most of you probably already know, the Water Board approved the requested 14.5% water/sewer rate increase at their meeting last week. On the bright side though, Water Board Chairman Jim Tripp mentioned that the mayor’s office claims to be looking into the possibility of lowering the DEP’s rental agreement.…
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Continue reading →: DEP Asks Water Board for 14.5% Water/Sewer Rate Increase
The NYC Water Board met on Friday morning to discuss the rate increase for fiscal year 2009, to go into effect July 1, 2008. It seems as though rate increases are the only things they talk about these days. If you think the water and sewer rates are high now,…
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Continue reading →: Reasons to Protest DEP Rate Hikes
As the DEP readies to raise water and sewer rates for fiscal year 2009, the time has come again for the public to protest. In the coming weeks, the Water Board will be holding meetings to hear what the public thinks about the DEP’s 14.5% rate increase. We encourage all…
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Continue reading →: A Slight Against Nature
The Delaware River Basin Commission, anticipating a drought, intends to limit the flow of cold water from the Cannonsville Reservoir to the surrounding rivers in order to keep more water contained in the reservoir. While this seems like a good thing (more water in the reservoir, more drinking water for…
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Continue reading →: Have We Avoided the Rate Hike?
The New York Times is reporting that Mayor Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn have reached an agreement that could halt the proposed 18% water rate increase. The exact details of the agreement are not totally clear, but what is clear is that the agreement will put a bill…
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Continue reading →: Great Minds Think Alike
Yesterday’s New York Times featured a great editorial (read it here) about where we, the residents of New York, stand in terms of the impending rate hike. The editorial touches on quite a few issues already discussed by Water Watch NYC, like the rate hike as a tactic to obtain…
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As President of Ashokan Water Services, Hershel has spent the last twenty years coordinating water conservation efforts for over 8,500 New York properties. In response to the North East droughts in the 1980’s, he formed Ashokan with a team of plumbers and engineers. Today Ashokan is a full-service water management company specializing in utility auditing, meter installation, meter reading, water conservation, backflow installation, and testing. Hershel focuses on managing Ashokan’s strategic planning and innovation process.
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