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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

JAN-08-2001 15:59 MAYOR'S OFC of ENV. COORD 1 212 788 2941 P.04/04

Department of Environmental Protection Projects and Initiatives

Project Title Description Start or Announcement Date Brooklyn -Queens This project will utilize the surcharged aquifer Announcement may be Aquifer and under Brooklyn and Queens which has been made in 2001; Planning Ridgewood Reservoir causing basement flooding in communities in is On-going; Pilot those boroughs to provide an additional Project start date is source of potable water in the City to be used December 2002 in the event of drought or emergencies while at the same time controlling basement flooding by creating a treatment/storage facility at the currently unutilized Ridgewood Reservoir.

• The first phase of the project will cost approximately $10 million to treat 10 mgd.

New Wetland • The Bluebell was an extremely popular Announcement in Program/City and program of wetland creation and protection Spring 2001. Upstate reducing flooding. We plan a second program in another area of Staten Island, based on the Bluebell's successes. We also are developing programs downstate as well as upstate, to create new wetland spaces to more than compensate for development as it occurs. We are working on the details and name/s for the projects.

• This project will cost approximately $10 million for the Staten Island portion.

Toilet Rebate 11 • A conservation program offering a financial Available in 2001 incentive to owners of 6-family and above after Water Board multiple dwellings who replace high water use approval. toilet fixtures with low flow fixtures.

• Cost of the project is currently estimated at 35- 36 million of which some 13 million is already available in funds remaining from the first program.

TOTAL P.04 NYC-WTC 000137480