Harbor Health is Getting Better and Better

We joined Mayor de Blasio last week to announce that with the continued expansion of the nation’s most ambitious and aggressive green infrastructure program, and ongoing upgrades to the City’s wastewater system, testing
confirms that New York Harbor is cleaner and healthier today than it has been in more than a century.

Key indicators of water quality, including concentrations of bacteria and ni- trogen continue to drop, while dissolved oxygen is on the rise. By the end of the year there will be nearly 4,000 curbside rain gardens constructed across the city and we are also investing billions of dollars to upgrade our wastewater collection system. We’re also moving forward with plans to construct overflow retention tanks for the Gowanus Canal, as well as proposing storage tunnels for Newtown Creek and Flushing Bay. Download our New York City Harbor Water Quality Report for more details.