Cadets Meet with NYC DEP

CDT Matthew Volpe, summer intern Jack Wallen, and Dr. Patrick Baker visited the Ashokan Reservoir in West Hurley, NY and the field office of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in Kingston, NY. The group received a tour of the DEP laboratories and was briefed on the history and scale of New York City’s water supply. They discussed the Long-Term Watershed Protection program the DEP implements to preserve water quality in accordance with filtration avoidance criteria set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).