Kathleen Greenwood

Kathleen Greenwood, Government Analyst II

The state requires the minimum freshwater flow as a kind of ecological backstop to prevent significant harm to bodies of water, said Kathleen Greenwood, analyst for the state Department of Environmental Protection.The goal is to assure there is a sufficient supply before water is parceled out to agriculture, developers and others users.

The state requires the minimum freshwater flow as a kind of ecological backstop to prevent significant harm to bodies of water, said Kathleen Greenwood, analyst for the state Department of Environmental Protection.The goal is to assure there is a sufficient supply before water is parceled out to agriculture, developers and others users.
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The DEP, which set a deadline of December for water managers to finish their task, prefers to see flow that could bring about full restoration, Greenwood said.

"They know we're really concerned about the river," she said."We have a huge investment with the [state] park there."