Coalition of Watershed Towns
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 13, 2016 - 11:24 am
Above: Vernon Benjamin of the town of Saugerties addresses New York State Department of Health staffer Pamela Young and a colleague at a public forum on New York City's Filtration Avoidance Determination on June 29 in Hunter. Saugerties isn't in New York... Read more
By Robert Cairns on Monday, Jun. 27, 2016 - 11:36 am
Above: Delaware County Watershed Affairs Commissioner Dean Frazier delivers comments at a hearing on the renewal of New York City's Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD) on Tuesday, June 21 in Delhi. Photo by Robert Cairns.
A hearing last week on the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Mar. 30, 2012 - 10:21 am
Still waters run deep. Photo of New York City's Ashokan Reservoir by Flickr user Doug Kerr. Published under Creative Commons license.
Ulster County's battle with NYC over the muddy Esopus has made the pages of the New York Times at last. Reporter Mireya... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2011 - 11:07 am
Unless the state Department of Environmental Conservation makes big changes to its latest draft of gas drilling regulations, New York State is on track to ban hydraulic fracturing in and around New York City's vast, unfiltered watershed. But many... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 8, 2011 - 2:57 pm
The Ashokan Reservoir, looking towards West Hurley. Photo by Flickr user Nick Stenning.
File under: Wishful Thinking. According to a couple of stories in the Daily Freeman – one this Wednesday, one a week ago – the town of Hurley is considering banning... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 - 1:13 pm
We've known this was coming for months, and now here it is: A new water supply permit for New York City from the state's Department of Environmental Conservation.
The new permit allows the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to continue... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010 - 5:06 pm
Saturday's meeting of the Coalition of Watershed Towns. Photo and videos by Julia Reischel.
Taking advantage of a “Halley's comet” moment of influence, the Coalition of Watershed Towns has negotiated a new agreement with the New York City Department of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 - 5:24 pm
Wonder of wonders, there is some long-awaited news in the Daily Freeman this afternoon. Correspondent Jay Braman reports that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection and the upstate Coalition of Watershed Towns, which have been sparring... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 - 3:15 pm
