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Capital District Regional Planning Commission

Regional Planning Councils of New York State
Regional Planning Councils of New York State

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Capital District Regional Planning Commission Central New York Regional Planning & Development Board Cortland County is a member county of both the Central New York Regional Planning & Development Board and the Southern Tier Eight Regional Planning Development Board Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council Herkimer-Oneida Counties Comprehensive Planning Program Hudson Valley Regional Council Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional Planning and Development Board Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board Southern Tier Eight Regional Planning Development Board Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board

Counties served: Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady

Capital District Regional Planning Commission
Suite 102
One Park Place
Albany, NY 12205
Phone: 518-453-0850
Fax: 518-453-0856
Executive Director:
Water Resources Contact:

Water resource program activities

Ballston Lake Watershed Protection & Management Plan

The Ballston Lake watershed hasn’t experienced large-scale growth but the extension of water lines along Route 50 has raised concerns about impending development. Development related activities have degraded fishery resources in many areas of Saratoga County and are a possible threat to Ballston Lake’s water quality. This report identifies existing and future land use related threats to the Ballston Lake watershed and provides ways to protect Ballston Lake’s natural water resources. 

Watervliet Reservoir Watershed Protection Study

The final Watervliet Reservoir Watershed Protection Study is now available. Copies of the report may be obtained by contacting Water Resources Contact listed above.

Stormwater

The Storm Water Phase II Rule is the next step in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's effort to preserve, protect, and improve the nation's water resources from polluted storm water runoff. Phase II is intended to further reduce adverse water quality and aquatic habitat conditions by instituting the use of controls on the unregulated sources of storm water discharges that have the greatest likelihood of causing environmental degradation.

CSO Program

The Planning Commission has taken the lead in organizing a consortium to develop a comprehensive inter-municipal Phase I Long-Term Control Plan (LTCP) for Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO: overflows from combined storm and sanitary sewers) discharging into the Hudson River Estuary.

  • View a comprehensive list of water resource activities:

    • NYSARC Project Summaries Document
      NYSARC Project Summaries Document  (1.63 MB)