About the New York City Watershed Program

In January 1997, the Governor and numerous State, local and federal officials, as well as representatives from environmental organizations, signed the historic NYC Watershed Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). This Agreement represented a comprehensive effort to protect and preserve the high-quality water supply produced by the watershed of the City of New York while preserving and enhancing the economic vitality and social character of the communities within the watershed. The MOA includes a wide array of programs to be implemented in watershed areas both East and West of the Hudson River. These programs include acquisition of land and easements, implementation of new regulations affecting activities in the watershed, and more than two dozen watershed protection and partnership programs. NYSEFC, Technical Advisory Services has responsibility to implement several watershed protection and partnership programs established under the MOA, including those listed here.

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