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Monroe L. Weber-Shirk S chool of Civil and Environmental Engineering NYC Water Supply System Overview How does NYC get the water it needs? Or How big is NYC’s water footprint?
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NYC Watersheds
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Pepacton Schoharie Ashokan Neversink Roundout Cannonsville Catskill/Delaware Watersheds
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Croton System
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Ashokan Reservoir
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Ashokan Fall 1999 Photo by Mike Szyszka, fall 1999
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Schoharie Reservoir
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Neversink Reservoir
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West Branch Reservoir
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Supply Aqueducts and Tunnels Shandaken Tunnel (1928) Catskill Aqueduct (1915) Delaware Aqueduct (1944) Neversink Tunnel (1950) East Delaware Tunnel (1954) West Delaware Tunnel (1967)
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Delaware Aqueduct 10 km Rondout Reservoir West Branch Reservoir
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City Tunnels
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Jerome Park Reservoir
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Drought Status
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NYC Reservoirs Where is the water?
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Reflections What are consequences of exporting water from the Upper Delaware River and the Hudson River Watershed to NYC?
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