NYCDEP Calls for Prohibition on Drilling in the New York City Watershed
NYCDEP urged a prohibition on high-volume hydraulic fracturing within the city’s watershed, warning that filtration avoidance — a rare federal status — depended on pristine source water. One contamination event could trigger billions in treatment costs. The position reframed drilling as a fiscal as well as environmental gamble.
Source: NYC Environmental Protection (2009) Read More