The New York Project

In 2000 the Stroud Center was awarded a Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) grant funded by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the USEPA to conduct a six-year study to monitor and evaluate water quality and sources of pollution in the streams, rivers, and reservoirs that provide New York City's (NYC) drinking water. The NYC drinking water supply and infrastructure are monitored, maintained, and improved by NYC's Department of Environmental Protection. The SDWA is the main federal law (administrated by the USEPA) that ensures the quality of America's drinking water.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
December 2006 issue of the Journal of the North American Benthological Society - Source-Water Monitoring: Combining Basic and Applied Research. A series of articles covering the first three years of our NYC Drinking-Water-Source-Area Monitoring Project.

PROJECT OVERVIEW AND RESULTS
Enhanced source-water monitoring for New York City: historical framework, political context, and program design [PDF; 985KB]

Enhanced source-water monitoring for New York City: summary and perspective - July 6, 2006 [PDF; 135KB]

Introduction, Site Maps, Phase I Data, Links to USGS Gaging Stations and More

Mountain Water for a City by David Yeats-Thomas [PDF; 9MB]

PHASE II - Year 1 (AKA - Year 4) FINAL REPORT - 2003-
Water Quality Monitoring in the Source Water Areas for New York City: An Integrative Watershed Approach
A Report on Year 4(2003) Monitoring Activities [PDF; 3MB]

PHASE I FINAL REPORT - 2000-2002
Water Quality Monitoring in the Source Water Areas for New York City: An Integrative Watershed Approach
A Report on Phase I of Monitoring (2000-2002) [PDF; 6MB]