The 1997 New York City Watershed Memorandum of Agreement required the development of 14 city-funded environmental protection and economic development programs in the Watershed West of the Hudson River as part of a pact that allowed the City to avoid filtering its Catskill-Delaware Water Supply. In November 2002, a renewed five-year Filtration Avoidance Determination was granted to the City by the US Environmental Protection Agency, permitting a continued exemption from building a filtration plant for the Cat-Del Supply. The 2002 FAD was predicated on a long-term Watershed Protection Plan submitted by the City to the EPA outlining several water quality programs to be developed, continued or expanded by the CWC. In 2007, a new 10 year FAD was based on an updated Protection Plan. A willow planting along the Little Delaware River

Ongoing programs for which the CWC is responsible under all of these MOA agreements include:

Catskill Fund for the Future (Economic Development). Provides loans and grants to businesses and organizations.

Septic Repair and Maintenance. Funds residential septic system repairs, replacements and maintenance (pump-outs).

Stormwater Planning and Control. Funds planning, assessment, design and implementation of stormwater and erosion controls for existing conditions, as well as stormwater requirements for new construction.

Education. Provides grants to schools and organizations.

Community Wastewater Management. Funds a program to evaluate and build community-specific wastewater solutions which may include septic maintenance districts, community septic systems or wastewater treatment plants. Autumn leaves in the Catskills

Local Technical Assistance Program. Provides grants to communities conducting watershed protection and land use planning initiatives.

The 1997 MOA outlined a Sand and Salt Storage Program, which was completed in 2003. (See other programs, committees and advisory groups)

A new program to help businesses and institutions store road deicing is expected to be launched in 2009.
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