New York City invests in watershed protection to maintain natural purification services and reduce water costs

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dc.contributorUnited States. Environmental Protection Agency.en
dc.contributorWatershed Agricultural Council (WAC)en
dc.contributorCatskill Watershed Corporation (CWC)en
dc.contributor.authorGovernment of New York Cityen
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialCatskills Mountainsen
dc.coverage.spatialNew York City Watersheden
dc.coverage.spatialUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.spatialNorth Americaen
dc.coverage.temporal1997en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:10:40Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:10:40Zen
dc.date.issued2006-10-23en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractDue to degradation of New York City's water source areas, their water has dropped below EPA standards. The cost of developing a filtration plant was estimated along with the cost of restoring the watershed's natural purification abilities. The cost of restoring the watershed's natural purification ability was found to be a fraction of what it would cost to construct and maintain a filtration plant. The city is now using funds to purchase and halt development, compensate land owners for restrictions on private development, and to subsidize septic system improvements.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier1736en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66336en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.esa.org/ecoservices/en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dep/watershed/home.htmlen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen
dc.subjectWater purificationen
dc.subjectWater policyen
dc.subjectFloodsen
dc.subjectFloodingen
dc.subjectEcological restorationen
dc.subjectTemperate zonesen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectSurface wateren
dc.subjectEnvironmental servicesen
dc.subjectFlood controlen
dc.subjectWater qualityen
dc.subjectWatershed managementen
dc.subjectWater useen
dc.subjectWatersheden
dc.titleNew York City invests in watershed protection to maintain natural purification services and reduce water costsen
dc.title.alternativeNew York City watershed case studyen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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