Avoidance

Report: Potential Watershed Contamination Would Be Costly for New York

If New York City were to fall out of compliance with its filtration avoidance agreement as a result of chemicals in the runoff from drilling or other development now being contemplated in the Catskills/Delaware watershed, it could be forced to spend $6-10 billion for a water filtration plant, according to a report from the city’s Independent Budget Office (IBO).

December 23, 2009