Clean water could mean New York City contractors will clean up.
The New York State Department of Health has given the city another 10-year waiver to deliver clean yet unfiltered water from the Catskills and Delaware. The Filtration Avoidance Determination includes $1 billion earmarked to ensure the water’s veracity — which will make its way to contractors who’ll help to fix septic systems, upgrade wastewater treatment and prevent farm runoff from polluting the watershed, among other programs.