Omega Service Maintenance is happy to have completed contracts with an
extremely important agency, the New York Department of Environmental
Protection. One of the DEP’s newest projects is a potential
West-of-Hudson Hydroelectric Plant, for which the DEP has recently
submitted a preliminary permit application to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission. The DEP plans to study the way in which
hydroelectric power can potentially be developed in four specific
reservoirs, Cannonsville, Pepacton, Neversink, and Schoharie, found in
the Delaware and Catskill watersheds. The FERC granted the preliminary
permit this past March, giving the DEP three years to complete the
necessary studies and file for a license application. Hydroelectric
power is a reliable source of energy that is inexpensive to maintain
compared to thermal and nuclear power plants. In addition,
hydroelectric plants are clean and safe, and the power that they
produce is 100 percent renewable.
The DEP has also recently embarked on a project to construct a Croton
Water Filtration Plant. Of the three systems that provide drinking
water to New York City, the Croton system is the oldest, and although
it alone used to supply the city with drinking water, it is now the
smallest of the three systems. Currently the Croton system supplies
about one tenth of the city’s daily demand for water, although during a
draught that figure can triple. To ensure that the plant continues to
deliver the highest quality water possible, the DEP has commenced
construction of a Croton Water Filtration Plant under the guidance of
the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the New York
State Department of Health. The plant will also allow New York City to
maximize the use of water from the Croton system.