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New York City Catskills watershed protection

United States of America · Catskills, New York · See the United States of America profile

Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 18% 60/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Rather than build an $8–10bn filtration plant, New York City invests in protecting its Catskill/Delaware watershed — ~$2.5bn since 1997 — keeping its drinking water clean at source under an EPA filtration-avoidance waiver.

US$8-10bn
Avoided filtration plant cost
~US$2.5bn
Watershed protection investment (since 1997)

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Maturity
Established
Promoter
NYC Department of Environmental Protection
Keywords
Avoided-cost watershed PES, Temperate forested watershed

Context

Rather than build an US$8-10bn filtration plant, New York City invests in protecting its Catskill/Delaware watershed - about US$2.5bn since 1997 - keeping its drinking water clean at source under an EPA filtration-avoidance determination.

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