Denver Water — From Forests to Faucets Watershed Protection Partnership (USA)
United States of America
After 1996 and 2002 wildfires choked Denver's reservoirs with sediment, Denver Water and the US Forest Service treated 120,000+ acres …
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Protección de la cuenca de Catskills de Nueva York
United States of America · Catskills, New York · See the United States of America profile
En lugar de construir una planta de filtración de US$8–10 mil millones, Nueva York invierte en proteger su cuenca Catskill/Delaware — ~US$2,5 mil millones desde 1997 — manteniendo su agua potable limpia en la fuente bajo una exención de filtración de la EPA.
US$8-10bn
Costo evitado de la planta de filtración
~US$2.5bn
Inversión en la protección de la cuenca (since 1997)
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- NYC Department of Environmental Protection
- Keywords
- Avoided-cost watershed PES, Temperate forested watershed
Context
En lugar de construir una planta de filtración de US$8-10 mil millones, Nueva York invierte en proteger su cuenca de Catskill/Delaware - unos US$2,5 mil millones desde 1997 - manteniendo su agua potable limpia en origen bajo una exención de filtración de la EPA.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE evaluation — accessed 2026-06-19
- NYSDEC — NYC water supply — accessed 2026-06-19
- NYC DEP — filtration waiver — accessed 2026-06-19
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