Themes emerge from parallel and sequential projects built around the same topic.
Most recently, WRI has been working with Delaware County to assist municipalities and businesses there in coping with the extra burdens of living within New York City's water supply watersheds. The Hudson River estuary is a focus for New York State's Governor Pataki. WRI also worked the other end of the pipe in New York City from the late 1980's through 1995, participating in the New York City Water Demand Study along with NYS DEC, New York City DEP, and an expert review panel. Pesticides in water were a focus for WRI in the late 1970's and early 1980's on Long Island. Reviving this earlier interest, from late 1997 to early 1999 WRI was part of the NYS DEC's Pesticides in Water Monitoring Program.