I just called DEP and the person receiving the phone call said that they didn't have that information and that I could try googling it. I had googled it before, I couldn't find anything on river water collection, but only rainwater collection.
For my science fair project, I had done a water purification themed project, so I decided it would be great to collect water from the East River (since I live nearby) and purify it using my own methods. Is it legal to collect East River Water in New York? (I attached rocks to a water bottle and...