From the Times Herald Record
New York City has agreed to make clean water releases from the Ashokan Reservoir for the first time ever, following a meeting Friday in Kingston.
The agreement between city, state and local officials comes after months of turbid releases from the Ashokan that turned the Lower Esopus Creek a hue of brown.
Spokesman Farrell Sklerov said the city will establish a working group with state regulators and local officials to determine how much clean water is released. Those releases are aimed at curbing turbidity after storms and putting more water into the creek during summer droughts.
The parties are expected to meet again early next year to discuss the agreement in more depth, Sklerov said.