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    The Delaware/Catskill Watersheds Supply NYC With 90% of Its Daily Consumption, Stored in Reservoirs

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    New York City receives its daily water supply through a network of aqueducts and reservoirs located across three watersheds. The Delaware and Catskill watersheds supply approximately 90% of the city's water needs by storing water in reservoirs which is then transported through aqueducts. The remaining 10-15% comes from the Croton watershed during normal times and up to 30% during drought seasons, with the water stored in reservoirs and delivered through additional aqueducts and tunnels to homes and buildings across the city.

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    New York City receives its daily water supply through a network of aqueducts and reservoirs located across three watersheds. The Delaware and Catskill watersheds supply approximately 90% of the city's water needs by storing water in reservoirs which is then transported through aqueducts. The remaining 10-15% comes from the Croton watershed during normal times and up to 30% during drought seasons, with the water stored in reservoirs and delivered through additional aqueducts and tunnels to homes and buildings across the city.

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    New York City receives its daily water supply through a network of aqueducts and reservoirs located across three watersheds. The Delaware and Catskill watersheds supply approximately 90% of the city's water needs by storing water in reservoirs which is then transported through aqueducts. The remaining 10-15% comes from the Croton watershed during normal times and up to 30% during drought seasons, with the water stored in reservoirs and delivered through additional aqueducts and tunnels to homes and buildings across the city.

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    New York City receives its daily water supply through a network of aqueducts that move water, primarily

    through the use of gravity. This network connects all 19 reservoirs from the three different watersheds.

    The Delaware/Catskill watersheds supply NYC with 90% of its daily consumption, stored in reservoirs.

    DELAWARE WATERSHED :

    · Cannonsville Reservoir, Neversink Reservoir, Pepacton Reservoir, Rondout Reservoir


    CATSKILL WATERSHED

    · Ashokan Reservoir, Schoharie Reservoir

    CROTON WATERSHED:

    · The Croton watershed reservoirs, and a second section of the Delaware/Catskill watershed,
    supply NYC with 10 to 15% of its daily consumption, and 30% during drought seasons.

    · Amawalk Reservoir, Bog Brook Reservoir, Cross River Reservoir, Croton Falls Reservoir, Diverting
    Reservoir, East Branch Reservoir, Middle Branch Reservoir, Muscoot Reservoir, New Croton
    Reservoir, Titicus Reservoir

    8.5ft tall and 7.5ft length


    An elliptical tube, 8.5 feet (2.6m) high by 7.5 feet (2.3m) wide, of iron piping encased in brick masonry
    was laid, sometimes in cuts, with conical ventilating towers every mile or so, to relieve pressure and keep
    the water fresh. Hydraulic cement was added where the aqueduct

    Water started flowing through the aqueduct on June 22, 1842, taking 22 hours for gravity to take the
    water the 41 miles (66 km) (at a velocity of 1.86 miles per hour [2.99 km/h; 2.73 ft/s]) to reach
    Manhattan.[7] Even though only 6,175 houses had been connected to the system by 1844, the Croton
    water had already dramatically improved both domestic hygiene and interior design. Baths and running
    water were being built in the private homes of wealthy New Yorkers, and public bathing facilities were
    constructed for the masses. The water system had another inadvertent consequence. The decline in the
    number of residents drawing water from the city's wells resulted in a rise in the water table, which
    flooded many cellars. To address this problem, the city built sewers in many residential streets. By 1852,
    148 miles (238 km) of sewers had already been constructed.

    The last stops before the city's water mains are the Hillview Reservoir and the Jerome Park Reservoir.

    HILLVIEW RESERVOIR:

    · The Hillview Reservoir covers 90 acres and can hold almost 1 billion gallons of water; enough
    to meet the city's daily demand.
    Jerome Park ReservoiR:

    · The Jerome Park Reservoir helps to provide an additional source of water storage within the city.
    It covers 94 acres and has a storage capacity of 770 million gallons.

    · A network of tunnels, called City Tunnels, distribute the fresh water throughout the city.A 6,800-
    mile-long network of pipes then delivers water to every building that is connected to the system.

    NYC WATERSHED PIPE:

    · DELWARE AQUEDUCT

    · CATSKILL AQUEDUCT

    · CROTON AQUEDUCT

    · CITY TUNEL 1/2/3

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