An elderly Queens resident could lose her home after the Department of Environmental Protection slapped her with a $22,828.71 ...

New York’s Flushing and Jamaica Bays are two hotspots for sewer runoff. With multiple tributaries flowing into each body, ...

An officer at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s Police Academy is “in extremely critical condition” ...

It may seem like a dubious claim to fame, but New York City's tap water has long been touted as the best around. Here's what ...

A new environmental report finds that rising salt levels in New York City’s water supply could make some of it undrinkable by ...

NEW YORK - The suburban reservoirs that supply 10% of New York City's vaunted drinking water are getting saltier due to ...

New York City’s drinking water is becoming saltier, according to a new report from the Department of Environmental Protection ...

A DEP study shows salt levels in the Croton reservoir, which supplies 10 percent of NYC's water supply, have tripled in 30 ...

the city’s environmental protection commissioner, said in an interview with The Associated Press. “And that will directly ...

Officials attributed the spike to road salt, discharge from wastewater treatment plants and home water softener systems.

New York has declared a citywide drought watch as it experiences one of the longest dry streaks on record. Last month was the driest October since recordkeeping began in 1869, with minimal rain to ...

CROTON-ON-HUDSON — Road salt and human activities around reservoirs in Putnam and Westchester counties could cause levels of chloride in the reservoirs to exceed state standards by 2108, making ...