Is it Legal to Collect River Water?

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KJaemin

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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 dropped it down to collect the river water)
 
KJaemin said:
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 dropped it down to collect the river water)
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People fish in that river, I've even seen people swimming in that river, I've seen a person urinating in that river, I suppose taking a little water isn't illegal or being taxed; YET!

The East River is not a River.

The East River is really a "salt water tidal strait" since it does not contain any fresh water.

If you wish to make the water potable, I suspect you'd also have to desalinate it.




East River mid-channel at Roosevelt Island - Riverkeeper



Into the murky waters: hundreds brave New York City's East River for annual swim


East River - Wikipedia
 
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.
 
I can't even conceive that it wouldn't be legal (unless your intent is to collect tens of thousands of gallons, which I assume isn't the case).
 

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