COVID-19 - Information for WWTP Operators - NYS DEC
COVID-19 - Information for WWTP Operators
Immediate Release – March 23, 2020 – NYRWA
Essential Services:
On March 20, 2020, NYS Governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed Executive Order 202.6 “Essential Business”, which under item #2 Essential Infrastructure, lists Water and Wastewater Operations. Below is a direct link to the executive order for your review and dissemination.
Field Operations / Continuity of Operations & Critical Preparedness
Field Operations:
NYRWA Field Operations / NYWARN
March 18, 2020
Re: COVID– 19 Virus
March 16, 2020
COVID– 19 Virus
March 13, 2020
From: Jamie Herman, CEO
To: Our Valued System & Associate Members
Re: COVID– 19 Virus
Suppliers could avoid drinking water violations under plan
By MARINA VILLENEUVE
February 4, 2020
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Environmental advocacy groups are criticizing New York’s plan to allow water suppliers to delay being hit with formal violations for exceeding the state’s incoming limits for industrial chemicals in public drinking water.
CLARKSON UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS & U.S. AIR FORCE USE PLASMA TO REMOVE PFAS
A group of researchers at Clarkson University in New York is developing a way to destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water.