NYC Department of Environmental Protection (NYC DEP)

Out of the Archives: Meet Mr. B. Alert, a circa-1960 mascot of the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity strutting on a safety plan for the protection of street work areas. As DEP celebrates National Safety Month, here’s a peek at how our predecessor kept employees and the public safe during pipe repairs. Gotta say, though, that carrying a bolt of electricity when you have a water droplet head seems pretty risky (and may be why so far we haven’t seen him on any other archival records)! For more NYCDEP history, click: http://bit.ly/2tKkvDE. #NYCWater #tbt #NationalSafetyMonth #Safety #Electricity #Gas #TodayInDEPHistory

Out of the Archives: 100 years ago today! Catskill water was nearly on its way into Brooklyn's Park Slope via this new conduit down 8th Avenue, one of several built in the 1920s to branch off from City Water Tunnel No. 1 and deliver water to Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. June 6, 1924. For more NYCDEP History, Click http://bit.ly/2tKkvDE. #NYCWater #tbt #Brooklyn #WaterTunnel #Construction #Engineering #TodayInDEPHistory

Out of the Archives: Jerome Pumping Station is an NYC Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places! Built from 1901-06, it was designed to send water from Jerome Park Reservoir to residents throughout the Bronx. Significantly, pumping water to the top of the tower created enough pressure to reach the upper floors of taller buildings, encouraging the early 20th Century development of the borough. For more NYCDEP history, click http://bit.ly/2tKkvDE. #NYCWater #tbt #Bronx #Pumps #Reservoir

📣 Attention MWBEs: We have NEW contracts to bid on! Check out our bids and requests for proposals to see if these opportunities are right for your business. We look forward to working with you! STR-MD-SP Construction of Green Street Median: https://lnkd.in/eZed6ct3 PRM-24(R) Repair and maintenance of various pumps located at Field Operation Yard facilities: https://lnkd.in/eUmMEvAB RH-097 Replacement of MCC Buckets, Wires, and Conduits: https://lnkd.in/e9JPGZ-U MEL-1206 Preventive Maintenance & Repair of Personnel Transport Elevators and Ancillary Equipment: https://lnkd.in/exXspuUG   1662-ACS ACS Maintenance & Repair of Air Conditioning Systems at Various Wastewater Resource Recovery Facilities: https://lnkd.in/eayQuG9K 1611-RDT Removal, Transportation, and Disposal of Residuals from Various DEP Facilities: https://lnkd.in/e-WRMkpK DEL-453 (R2) Removal of Debris Accumulated Upstream of the Bar Racks at the Rondout Effluent Chamber: https://lnkd.in/eSir8Pyh CRO-640 CRO-640 Maintenance of Stormwater Facilities - East of Hudson Watershed: https://lnkd.in/ewM5kC64 #NYCWater #StayConnected #MWBE #Procurement #SmallBussiness

Out of the Archives: This photo taken May 23, 1913, in City Water Tunnel No. 1 reappeared 15 years later in a New York Times article about the approaching start of Water Tunnel No. 2 construction. It shows mucking operations, with workers loading excavated rock into wheelbarrows. The 2nd tunnel would provide more water and better pressure to Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, and increase capacity for the future Delaware system. Both are deep pressure tunnels in bedrock, built with minimal disruption to the world above. As the article states: "Few people on the surface will know what goes on beneath them, any more than they were aware of the creation of the first city tunnel that today carries hundreds of millions of gallons of water under the subways and vaults and cellars of Manhattan Island." For more NYCDEP history, click http://bit.ly/2tKkvDE. #NYCWater #tbt #Tunnels #Construction #Engineering #TodayInDEPHistory

Ok #NYC Meet the storm prep ALL-STARS! ⭐Clearing catch basins ⭐Connecting rain barrels ⭐Flood barriers & elevating items in your basement ⭐Signing up for alerts from Notify NYC: https://on.nyc.gov/47INCe5 #NYCWater #Stormwater #Rain

NYC is a diverse city, but it also needs to be biodiverse! We monitor peregrine falcons to measure the success of their population. On Monday, PIX11 News joined Chris Nadareski, Section Chief of Wildlife Studies for the Bureau of Water Supply, as he banded three peregrine falcon chicks that recently hatched atop a Port Authority nesting tower that sits in the Kill Van Kull, adjacent to the base of the Bayonne Bridge. Wildlife experts use these bands, placed on the legs of nestlings, to monitor the number of peregrines in the city, track their movements and lifespans, and identify them in case they become sick or injured. Capable of flying up to 200 mph while diving for prey, peregrines are the fastest birds in the world. For 38 years, Chris has worked on the peregrine falcon reintroduction program, nest-site management, and banding and release. Conservation efforts have greatly helped the species recover, as its population was once near extinction in the 1960s due to the widespread use of the now-banned pesticide DDT.Each Spring, while the nests are still occupied, Chris Nadareski goes to great heights to band the newly hatched chicks. For more on the program please click the link to the PIX11 News cast and check out Chris' own birds-eye view in the video below. https://on.nyc.gov/3UQJNi4 #NYCWater #WaterQuality #Wildlife #BiodiversityDay ⬇️ #DEPInTheNews

Ok, NYC, it's gonna get hot out there today, remember to hydrate! #NYCWater

Out of the Archives: DEP’s Police Division traces its roots to the 1908 appointment of patrolmen who protected communities affected by Catskill Aqueduct construction and safeguarded the water supply from pollution and vandalism. For more NYCDEP history, click http://bit.ly/2tKkvDE. #NYCWater #NationalPoliceWeek #tbt #TodayInDEPHistory #Law #LawEnforcement

Happy #NationalPoliceWeek to our Environmental Police Officers who help protect the largest municipal water supply in the country! Their vital work in the watershed and beyond ensures we can deliver more than 1.1 billion gallons of water to 9.8 million NYers each and every day! #NYCWater #Law #LawEnforcement