Supplies clean drinking water to 9 million people daily (NYC plus upstate communities), manages the city's sewer system and 14 wastewater treatment plants, and enforces environmental regulations including air quality and noise codes. Every time you turn on the tap, flush a toilet, or don't get flooded during a rainstorm, that's DEP at work. The agency manages one of the world's largest water supply systems -- delivering over a billion gallons of water daily from reservoirs up to 125 miles away. It also determines your water bill, which just went up 3.7%.
Spending
$2.37B
60,295 transactions →
Payroll
$471.5M
131,100 pay records →
Budget (Adopted)
$1.75B
$923.1M spent
Avg Salary
$56.1K
across 131,100 records
Did You Know
NYC's water supply is one of only a handful of major U.S. city systems that doesn't need to be filtered -- 95% of it flows by gravity alone from Catskill and Delaware watershed reservoirs up to 125 miles north of the city.
| WATER SUP. & WASTEWATER COLL | $185.7M |
| WASTEWATER TREATMENT | $160.1M |
| POSILLICO CIVIL INC | $82.5M |
| CENTRAL UTILITY | $63.5M |
| JETT INDUSTRIES INC | $60.7M |
| SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKER | 19,676 staff | $0 avg |
| CONSTRUCTION LABORER | 6,683 staff | $10 avg |
| STATIONARY ENGINEER (ELECTRIC) | 6,304 staff | $0 avg |
| SENIOR SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKER |
| 5,640 staff |
| $0 avg |
| PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATE - NON SUPVR | 3,927 staff | $65.3K avg |
Headcount
~6,000 employees, including ~1,000 stationed in the upstate watershed
Who It Serves
All 8.3 million NYC residents plus ~1 million upstate residents who share the water supply system
Category
Infrastructure & Environment