Reports

Riverkeeper reports are published on a variety of topics relating to our advocacy work. The reports listed here can be downloaded free of charge. Please contact [email protected] to obtain permission before reprinting or distributing any of these materials.

FEATURE REPORT

How’s the Water? 2017, Hudson River Water Quality and Water Infrastructure

• 2007 – 2014Reports on the Hudson River Estuary

  Sewage Contamination in the Hudson

  

  • “How’s the Water?” 2015 Water Quality Study
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  • “How’s the Water?” 2014 Water Quality Study
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  • “How’s the Water?” 2012 Water Quality Study
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  • How’s the Water? 2006-2010 Water Quality Study

  Monthly Water Quality Reports

  

  • • May 2012 Water Quality Report

   

  • All Monthly Water Quality Reports

  Swimmable River Report

  

  • Towards Better Water Quality Monitoring in the
    Hudson River Estuary – Published May 2008

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  Pisces Report

  

  • Hudson River Fish in Peril, April 2008

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  Pisces Report

  

  • Entrainment, Impingement and Thermal Impacts at Indian Point Nuclear Power Station, Nov. 2007

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• Reports on Managing the NYC Watershed

  Is My Tap Water Safe to Drink?

  

  • The Quality of New York’s Drinking Water 2008-2011. A Comparison with Other Major Municipal Systems in the United States

  • Digital Version
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  DEP Report Card

  

  • NY City Department of Environmental Protection’s Drinking Water Protection Programs – Published May 2008

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  Cops in Cuffs

  

  • The Failure of Environmental Enforcement and Security in the New York City Watershed-Published February 1999

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• 2009 – 2010 Gas Drilling Reports

  • Gas Drilling Reporter Vol. 10 (PDF 352KB)
  • Fractured Communities September 2010 (PDF 5.2MB)
  • Gas Drilling Reporter Vol. 9 (PDF 386KB)
  • Gas Drilling Reporter Vol. 8 (PDF 361KB)
  • Gas Drilling Reporter Vol. 7 (PDF 424KB)
  • Gas Drilling Reporter Vol. 6 (PDF 447KB)
  • Gas Drilling Reporter Vol. 5 (PDF 393KB)
  • Gas Drilling Reporter Vol. 4 (PDF 274KB)
  • Gas Drilling Reporter Vol. 3 (PDF 319KB)
  • Gas Drilling Reporter Vol. 2 (PDF 187KB)
  • Gas Drilling Reporter Vol. 1 (PDF 230KB)

• Indian Point Reports

  

  Synapse Report 2017

  • Clean Energy for NY: Replacement Energy & Capacity Resources for the Indian Point Energy Center

  • Synapse Report 2017

  

  Synapse Report 2012

  • Indian Point Replacement Analysis: A Clean Energy Roadmap A Proposal for Replacing the Nuclear Plant with Clean, Sustainable Energy Resources

  • Synapse Report II

  

  Synapse Report 2011

  • Indian Point Energy Center Nuclear Plant Retirement Analysis; Replacement Options, Reliability Issues and Economic Effects (October 2011)

  • Synapse Report

  

  The Wit Report

  • The Witt Report – Review of Emergency Preparedness of Areas Adjacent to Indian Point and Millstone (2003)

  • Witt Report

  Chernobyl on the Hudson

  • The Health and Economic Impacts of a Terrorist Attack at the Indian Point nuclear plant

  • Chernobyl on the Hudson

  Marist Poll 2002

  • Emergency Evacuation Plans

  • Marist Poll

  SYNAPSE – FINANCIAL INSECURITY of Nuclear Industry

  • The Increasing Use of Limited Liability Companies and Multi-Tiered Holding Companies to Own Nuclear Power Plants, August 2002

  • Synapse Report

  Synapse Report

  • Critique of Entergy-Commissioned Energy Study, May 2002

  • Synapse Report

• March 2005 – 2010Smart Growth Reports

  Save It! Vol. 2

  

  • Strategies for Achieving Smart
    Growth in the Hudson River Valley – Published May 2010

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  Pave It…Or Save It? Vol. 1

  

  • The Environmental, Economic, & Social Impacts of Sprawl-Published March 2005

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• January 2008 Green Infrastructure Reports

  Sustainable Raindrops

  

  • Cleaning New York Harbor by Greening the Urban Landscape

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• 2001-2009Reports on the Delaware Aqueduct Leak and Water Infrastructure

  Preparing to Repair

  

  • The Delaware Aqueduct Leak and New York City’s Efforts to Repair It – Published March 2009

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  Finger in the Dike, Head in the Sand

  

  • DEP’s Crumbling Water Supply Infrastructure-Published July 2001

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