DEP Press Advisory on Deer Hunting Cancellation, October 2, 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document JOEL A. MIELE SR., P.E. COMMISSIONER (718) 595-660C

C.HARLES C. STURCKEN, ESQ. CHIEF OF STAFF/SPECIAL COUNSEL /DEP) FAX (718) 595-3477

BUREAU OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Geoffrey Ryan October 2, 2001 (718) 595-6600 01-40 WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADES MOVING AHEAD Upgrades are well underway at six wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the watersheds of New York City’s Catskill and Delaware Water Supply Systems, according to an announcement by Commissioner Joel A. Miele Sr., P.E., of the City’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Each of the facilities is owned by a municipality or firm other than the City and is being upgraded in accordance with the 1997 Watershed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA).

“I am pleased to report that construction started on the four largest facilities this summer,” said Commissioner Miele. “Those four account for 85.5% of the wastewater treated by non-City-owned WWTPs in the West-of-Hudson watershed. The other three, which account for an additional 2.8% of treated effluent, will begin construction in mid-autumn. All six are scheduled for completion by the second quarter of 2002, in conformance with an agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency.”

Each of the plants will be upgraded to state-of-the-art technology that includes ‘’’tertiary” treatment, which is well above the State-mandated secondary treatment standard. As part of the MOA, DEP will fund all aspects of the upgrades called for by the Watershed Rules and Regulations and not otherwise required by State or federal law.

Five of the plants undergoing upgrades are in Delaware County — the municipal facilities owned by the Villages pf Delhi, Hobart, Stamford and Walton, and another that treats wastewater at Worcester Creamery, formerly Mountainside Dairy Farms, in Roxbury. The sixth plant serves the Hunter Highlands community in Greene County. The Delhi plant will also handle pre-treated wastewater from the Ultra-Dairy and DMV processing facilities.

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