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The aqueduct normally operates well below capacity with daily averages around 350–400 million US gallons (1,500,000 m 3) of water per day. About 40% of New York City's water supply flows through the Catskill Aqueduct.
The UV facility treats water delivered by two of the city's aqueduct systems, the Catskill Aqueduct and the Delaware Aqueduct, via the Kensico Reservoir. [3] (The city's third supply system, the New Croton Aqueduct, has a separate treatment plant. [4]) The plant has 56 energy-efficient UV reactors, and cost the city $1.6 billion.
The Croton Water Filtration Plant was built to address constant turbidity problems that are specific to the Croton water supply system. The plant was completed in 2015 at a cost of over $3 billion. [20] [21] The facility was constructed 160 feet (49 m) under Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx and filters water delivered by the New Croton Aqueduct ...
The water gets to the Kensico Reservoir in Westchester via two routes: One is the Catskill Aqueduct, which draws from Ulster County’s Ashokan Reservoir, and the other is the Delaware Aqueduct ...
When they finish the $1 billion tunnel in 2022, the entire Delaware Aqueduct will be shut down for months to prepare for the diversion. Fixing a massive NYC plumbing leak, 55 stories underground ...
The old aqueduct remained in service until 1955, when supply from the Delaware and Catskill Aqueducts was sufficient to allow taking it off line. [1] Waters of the New Croton Aqueduct flow to the Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx before entering Croton Water Filtration Plant in Van Cortlandt Park for treatment, then out to distribution.
The water then flows into Olivebridge, New York to enter the 92-mile (148 km) Catskill Aqueduct. It flows into the Kensico Reservoir, just north of White Plains, to mix with water from the Delaware Aqueduct. The water flows a few more miles into the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers, the main collecting point for the water.
There are two outlets that provide water to parts of Westchester County, the Catskill Aqueduct or the Delaware Aqueduct. After leaving Kensico, the water is treated with ultraviolet light at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Eastview facility, then continues on to Hillview Reservoir. At Hillview the water enters the ...