S.W.I.M. Coalition

Just because NYC lacks an official public notification system for where and when CSO’s occur, doesn’t mean the effects are invisible. S.W.I.M. members throughout the city are Tweeting away during wet weather, reporting from CSO outfalls, stormwater management sites, problem flood areas, and garbage slicks.

Follow us on Twitter to get these – sometimes gross! – reports, and send a report from your local waterway when the storm clouds roll in…swimmablenyc@gmail.com

3/31/10, 12:24pm From Dawn at Rocking the Boat - Now on the Bronx River, DEP trash boat has arrived to collect the CSO debris trapped at the boom near HP009.

…via our friends at Stormwater, The Journal For Surface Water Quality Professionals

EPA Forum on Protecting US Waters

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public input on how the agency can better protect and improve the health of our waters.  For a two- week period, EPA is holding a Web discussion forum on how the nation can better manage some of the most significant water pollution problems facing our nation. The feedback received on the online forum will help shape the discussion at EPA’s upcoming conference in April, Coming Together for Clean Water, where we will engage approximately 100 executive and local level water leads on the agency’s clean water agenda.

“We look forward to reviewing the ideas and feedback from the public,” said Peter S. Silva, assistant administrator EPA’s Office of Water. “This online discussion is for anyone who wants to share their best solutions for restoring healthy waters and creating sustainable communities across the country.”

EPA wants to receive input from water professionals, advocates, and anyone interested in water quality issues about best solutions—from planning, scientific tools, low impact development, to green infrastructure and beyond—in controlling water pollution and how resources can be better focused to improve these efforts.

To join the discussion: http://blog.epa.gov/waterforum

An expanded version of the presentation given a the recent community meetings on the DEP Water and Sewer Rate Study is now available online. Click here to download a ~1MB pdf of this presentation.

…ALSO…

A Meeting of the New York City Water Board will be held on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. in the Third Floor Cafeteria seating area of the Department of Environmental Protection, 59-17 Junction Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11373.

Please take note that building security requires that all visitors show identification and sign in at the security booth in the lobby.

March forum: Stormwater

Join S.W.I.M. at GreenHomeNYC’s March Green Building Forum, with three guest speakers focusing on Stormwater issues. The evening will address methods to re-use and manage stormwater for community, residential and commercial projects.

Wednesday – March 17 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Green Depot 222 Bowery at Prince Street
Please RSVP and get full details here!
The forum is registered with AIA for continuing education credits.
All GreenHomeNYC forums are free and open to the public.