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 Neversink Roundout
Croton System
Ashokan Reservoir
Ashokan Fall 1999 Photo by Mike Szyszka, fall 1999
Schoharie Reservoir
Neversink Reservoir
West Branch Reservoir
Supply Aqueducts and Tunnels Catskill Aqueduct (1915) Shandaken Tunnel (1928) West Delaware Tunnel (1967) East Delaware Tunnel (1954) Neversink Tunnel (1950) Delaware Aqueduct (1944)
Delaware Aqueduct Rondout Reservoir 10 km West Branch Reservoir
City Tunnels
Jerome Park Reservoir
Drought Status
NYC Reservoirs Where is the water?
Reflections What are consequences of exporting water from the Upper Delaware River and the Hudson River Watershed to NYC?