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NYC Water Supply System Overview

NYC Water Supply System Overview. How does NYC get the water it needs? Or How big is NYC’s water footprint?. NYC Watersheds. Catskill/Delaware Watersheds. Schoharie. Cannonsville. Pepacton. Ashokan. Roundout. Neversink. Croton System. Ashokan Reservoir. Ashokan Fall 1999.

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NYC Water Supply System Overview

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  1. NYC Water Supply System Overview How does NYC get the water it needs? Or How big is NYC’s water footprint?

  2. NYC Watersheds

  3. Catskill/Delaware Watersheds Schoharie Cannonsville Pepacton Ashokan Roundout Neversink

  4. Croton System

  5. Ashokan Reservoir

  6. Ashokan Fall 1999 Photo by Mike Szyszka, fall 1999

  7. Schoharie Reservoir

  8. Neversink Reservoir

  9. West Branch Reservoir

  10. Catskill Aqueduct (1915) Shandaken Tunnel (1928) Delaware Aqueduct (1944) Neversink Tunnel (1950) East Delaware Tunnel (1954) West Delaware Tunnel (1967) Supply Aqueducts and Tunnels

  11. 10 km Delaware Aqueduct Rondout Reservoir West Branch Reservoir

  12. City Tunnels

  13. Jerome Park Reservoir

  14. Drought Status

  15. NYC Reservoirs • Where is the water?

  16. Reflections • What are consequences of exporting water from the Upper Delaware River and the Hudson River Watershed to NYC?

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