At its October 22, 2024 general meeting, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group passed the following resolution, agreeing to submit the petition for reclassification of the Gowanus Canal’s surface waters (currently… Read more »
Committee: Water Quality & Technical
Minutes of the October 7, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality/Technical Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Richard Lawrence, Susan Yung, Katia Kelly, Erica Eliason, Aaron Kaufman, Terri Thomson, Linda LaViolette. Guests: Corinne Brenner, Theo Hirsch, Sam Asher Agenda was as follows: 1) Filling out… Read more »
Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Petitions NYS DEC to Reclassify Gowanus Canal Surface Waters to Fishable and Swimmable
At its September 24, 2024 general meeting, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group passed the following resolution, initiated by the Water Quality/Technical Committee, petitioning the New York State Department of… Read more »
Minutes of the September 9, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality/Technical Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Terri Thompson, Richard Lawrence, Susan Yung, Aaron Kaufman, Erica Eliason, Linda LaViolette, Corinne Brenner. Agenda was simple – review the petition to reclassify the waters of the Gowanus… Read more »
Minutes of the August 5, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality/Technical Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Erica Eliason, Emily Ruby, Marlene Donnelly, Eymund Diegel, Aaron Kaufman, Katia Kelly, Richard Lawrence, Susan Yung The Committee discussed the following: 1. Aaron Kaufman alerted us to the closure… Read more »
Minutes of the June 3, 2024 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality/Technical Committee
Attendees: Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Eymund Diegel, Richard Lawrence, Joseph Alexiou, Louis Kleinman, Erica Eliason, Aaron Kaufman The Committee discussed the following: 1. Water Quality will begin to review materials in order to… Read more »
Upcoming Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Committee Meetings
Three Gowanus Canal CAG Committees will hold their February meetings this week. The scheduled meetings are as follows: Archaeology and Historic Preservation Committee Monday, February 5th, from 6:00 p.m. to… Read more »
Upcoming Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Committee Meetings
Four Gowanus Canal CAG Committees are scheduled to hold their first meetings of 2024 during the week of January 8th. The planned meetings are as follows: Archaeology and Historic Preservation… Read more »
EPA Takes Steps to Address Low Dissolved Oxygen Levels in Gowanus Canal While Flushing Tunnel is Offline
EPA Region 2’s Joel Singerman sent the following note to the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group today regarding efforts to address low dissolved oxygen levels in the canal while the… Read more »
Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Resolution Requesting NYCDEP Cooperation with EPA Mandates on Sewer Separation
At its February 22, 2022 general meeting, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group passed the following resolution initiated by the Water Quality/Technical Committee requesting that the New York City Department… Read more »