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?

How does NYC get the water it needs?

Or

How big is NYC’s water footprint?

NYC Watersheds

NYC Watersheds

Ashokan ReservoirAshokan Reservoir

Schoharie ReservoirSchoharie Reservoir

Neversink ReservoirNeversink Reservoir

PepactonPepacton

SchoharieSchoharie

AshokanAshokan

NeversinkNeversink

Roundout

Roundout

CannonsvilleCannonsville

Catskill/Delaware WatershedsCatskill/Delaware Watersheds

Croton SystemCroton System

West Branch ReservoirWest Branch Reservoir

City TunnelsCity Tunnels

Ashokan ReservoirAshokan Reservoir

Schoharie Reservoir Schoharie Reservoir

Neversink Reservoir Neversink Reservoir

West Branch Reservoir West Branch Reservoir

Supply Aqueducts and Tunnels

Shandaken Tunnel (1928)

Catskill Aqueduct (1915)

Delaware Aqueduct (1944)

Neversink Tunnel (1950)

East Delaware Tunnel (1954)

West Delaware Tunnel (1967)

Delaware AqueductDelaware Aqueduct

10 km

Rondout Reservoir

West Branch

Reservoir

City TunnelsCity Tunnels

Jerome Park ReservoirJerome Park Reservoir

Jerome Park ReservoirJerome Park Reservoir

What is Missing?What is Missing?