NYC Council Introduction 187

intro.nyc/0187-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Requiring the creation of a database of subsurface conditions to support better engineering of geothermal heat pumps.
Status: Committee Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts
Sponsored by James F. Gennaro
Introduced: February 28, 2024

This bill would require the creation of a database as a single place for geological logs of the city’s geothermal bores and locations of geothermal energy system installations. The database would also include locations of any and all water wells including unused privately owned wells. This database shall be updated annually.