Bronx Council for Environmental Quality - Protect Our Rivers & Parks: Jan 31 & Feb 24

  Dear Friend of our Rivers and Parks

Within the next few weeks, there will be two very important meetings.  Large attendance at both meetings is essential for protecting important quality of life issues in our City.

1.  At the end of the month your actions are needed to make a real difference for our rivers and streams, as the City undertakes the beginning of the Long Term Planning for how they manage our water and waste.  See the information below for the January 31, 2018 DEP Kick-off meeting in the Bronx.

Also see BCEQ's two page list of comments -- put in your own words and use for your own comments.  click here:   http://www.bceq.org/2018/01/15/bceqs-map-for-clean-rivers-lake-and-streams/

2.  Next month there is another critical meeting about protecting parkland.  The 24th Bronx Parks Speak Up will include a discussion of how to stand up for your park, and not let it get eaten up by the developers.  See the information below for the February 24, 2018 Speak up meeting in the Bronx.

3.  Finally, there will be follow up meetings at BCEQ's Annual Spring Membership Meeting in April.  We have not finalized the speakers, but you can hold the date:  April 11, 2018.

BCEQ Communications, Karen, IC, Christina, Joyce

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Details to sign up for the meetings on the links below

 

Public Meeting - Citywide & East Rivers/Open Waters Long Term Control Plan  Manhattan College Leo Engineering, Room 215 3825 Corlear Ave. Bronx, NY 10463 January 31, 2018 6:30pm  RSVP ALSO - New York City is currently developing a Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) to better understand the impacts of combined sewer overflows (CSOs*) and to propose appropriate solutions to improve water quality in the New York City Harbor.  The Citywide & East River/Open Waters plan will encompass the Harlem River, Hudson River, Upper New York Bay, Lower New York Bay, the East River, and the western portion of Long Island Sound. This first public meeting will focus on the Harlem River and Hudson River.  Visit the Citywide LTCP page on the DEP website to view a map of water quality sampling locations. This page will also feature dates and times of future meetings  Sometimes when there are heavy rains and the sewer system is at full capacity, a mixture of rain water and sewage, also known as combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are released into local waterways.  To learn more about DEP's CSO Program visitwww.nyc.gov/dep/ltcp.   Protect Parkland 24th BRONX PARKS SPEAK UP 2018 Saturday, February 24, 11 am to 5 pm S A V E THE DATE Lehman College