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Fund the implementation & replacement of agricultural best management practices (BMPs) on participating farms and forests in the NYC watershed. The City Charter makes DEP responsible for operating, maintaining and protecting the source of the City’s upstate water supply. The City of New York DEP is required by the 2017 Filtration Avoidance Determination (FAD) to contract with the Watershed Agricultural Council (WAC) to continue to fund the implementation and repair/replacement of agricultural best management practices (BMPs) on participating farms under easement by WAC. The City and WAC will continue to implement the Watershed Agricultural Program (WAP), whose programmatic priority will remain source-water quality protection.