The New York City Department of Environmental Protection submitted the Draft CSO Facility Site Recommendation Reports to the EPA last week, for the RH-034 (head-end of the Gowanus Canal) and OH-007 (mid-Canal) sewer outfall retention tanks. The reports explain the DEP’s site recommendations in detail. You can view PDF copies of the reports by clicking… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Gowanus Canal
A Photographer Finds Abundant Life in and Around the Gowanus Canal
From the July 3, 2015 edition of The New York Times: The photos here are part of an exhibition called “Gowanus Wild,” which will be at the Brooklyn Public Library until Sept. 25. Already they are documents of a vanishing world. Since Mr. Draskoczy started shooting in 2012, most of the sites he photographed… Read more »
NYC DEP Reveals Proposed Sites for Gowanus Canal CSO Retention Tanks
New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Emily Lloyd and NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver revealed the proposed sites for two large retention tanks intended to reduce combined sewer overflows into the Gowanus Canal at the June meeting of the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group this past Tuesday evening. The tanks, a remedy ordered… Read more »
Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group Holds June Meeting Tonight
The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group holds its monthly meeting tonight, June 30th, at 6:30 p.m. at the Mark Star of the Sea Senior Apartments at 41 1st Street in Carroll Gardens. The agenda is as follows: 6:30 – 6:45 PM: Introductions and Updates Introductions Project Updates (EPA) 6:45 – 8:00 PM: Conversation with NYCDEP… Read more »
NYC DEP Presentation on the CSO Long-Term Control Plan for the Gowanus Canal
On May 14th, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection held a second public meeting on the Gowanus Canal Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Control Plan, at P.S. 32 in Carroll Gardens. You can download a copy of NYC DEP’s presentation here. The presentation included updates on completed and planned city investments in water-quality improvements,… Read more »
A Look Inside the Century-Old Gowanus Canal Flushing Tunnel
Ever wonder what the inside of the century-old Gowanus Flushing Tunnel looks like on the inside? Gothamist takes us on a photographic tour. Photo: Steve Duncan, via Gothamist.
REMINDER: Thursday, May 14, 6:00 p.m. – CSO Long-Term Control Plan Public Meeting #2
EPA Orders New York City to Begin Gowanus Retention-Tank Work
Click on the image to read the full text of the EPA’s Unilateral Order On Wednesday, May 28, the US Environmental Protection Agency issued a Unilateral Order to the City of New York that compels the City to begin design work for the remedial actions described in the EPA’s Record of Decision (ROD) for the Gowanus Canal, which was signed last… Read more »