Review of the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Operations Support Tool for Water Supply

2018 ◽  
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New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
York City ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
York City Department

The New York City Operations Support Tool (OST): Managing Water for Millions of People in an Era of Changing Climate and Extreme Hydrological Events

2015 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 1550008 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Porter ◽  
Adão H. Matonse ◽  
Allan Frei
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New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
York City ◽  
Ensemble Forecasts ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Extreme Hydrological Events ◽  
Downstream Communities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

With an average daily delivery of 1.1 billion gallons ([Formula: see text]) of drinking water to approximately nine million people in New York City (NYC) and four upstate counties, the NYC Water Supply is among the world’s largest unfiltered systems. In addition to reliably supplying water in terms of quantity and quality, the city has to fulfill other flow objectives to serve downstream communities. At times, such as during extreme hydrological events, water quality issues may restrict water usage from parts of the system; the city is proactively implementing a number of programs to monitor and minimize the impact. To help guide operations and planning, NYC has developed the Operations Support Tool (OST), a decision support system that utilizes ensemble forecasts provided by the National Weather Service (NWS) Hydrologic Ensemble Forecast Service (HEFS). This paper provides an overview of OST and shows two operations case studies to illustrate how OST is used to support risk-based water supply management. As the modeling uncertainty is strongly impacted by the forecast skill, we also discuss how changes in patterns of hydrological extreme events elevate the challenge faced by water supply managers and the role of the scientific community to integrate non-stationarity approaches in hydrologic forecasting.

Advanced Research and Development of BNR Operations for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (7) ◽  
pp. 7277-7306
Author(s):  
Sarah Dailey ◽  
Peter Young ◽  
Robert Sharp ◽  
Vincent Rubino ◽  
Melissa Motyl ◽  
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New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
York City ◽  
York City Department

Organic matter transport in New York City drinking-water-supply watersheds

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 912-927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis A. Kaplan ◽  
J. Denis Newbold ◽  
David J. Van Horn ◽  
C. L. Dow ◽  
A. K. Aufdenkampe ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Organic Matter ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
York City ◽  
Drinking Water Supply ◽  
Matter Transport ◽  
Organic Matter Transport
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