REMARKS
Local Law 5 and progress in stormwater management
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Council Member Jim Gennaro discusses Local Law 5, which he sponsored in 2008, requiring DEP to develop a sustainable stormwater management plan. He highlights the progress made in reducing combined sewer overflows (CSOs) since the law's implementation.
- Local Law 5 aimed to reduce the volume of raw sewage and stormwater entering city waterways through CSOs
- Since 2008, the volume of CSOs has reportedly fallen by nearly half
- The reduction in CSOs is from approximately 30 billion gallons per year to 16 billion gallons in 2022
Jim Gennaro
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In 2008, a long time ago, I sponsored Local Law 5, which required, which required DEP to develop a sustainable stormwater management plan to reduce the volume of raw sewage and stormwater that enters the city's waterways through what are known as combined sewer overflows or CSOs.
0:04:52
That was certainly a big, consideration back then.
0:04:56
Since that earlier comprehensive stormwater plan was implemented, DEP has made tremendous progress towards the goal of reducing CSO discharges.
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Since 2008, staff tells me, the volume of, CSOs has fallen by nearly half.
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I thought it was more than that, but I'll take my staff's word for it, from approximately 30,000,000,000 gallons per year to 16,000,000,000 gallons in 2022.
0:05:24
DEP should feel free to step in about that number and make sure that's accurate.
