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New York City Water Board. The New York City Water Board was established in 1905. It sets water and sewer rates for New York City sufficient to pay the costs of operating and financing the system, and collects user payments from customers for services provided by the water and wastewater utility systems of the City of New York.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection ( DEP) is the department of the government of New York City [2] that manages the city's water supply and works to reduce air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. Under a 1.3 billion dollar budget, it provides more than 1.1 billion US gallons (4,200,000 m 3) of water each day to more ...
Croton Aqueduct. The Croton Aqueduct or Old Croton Aqueduct was a large and complex water distribution system constructed for New York City between 1837 and 1842. The great aqueducts, which were among the first in the United States, carried water by gravity 41 miles (66 km) from the Croton River in Westchester County to reservoirs in Manhattan.
Coordinates: 40.894°N 73.890°W. New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 is a water-supply tunnel forming part of the New York City water supply system. It is being built by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) to provide New York City with a third connection to its upstate water supply. The tunnel will serve as a backup ...
A couple magnet fishing in Queens’ Corona Park hauled up a safe loaded with $100,000 in bills. Water seeping into the safe largely destroyed the stacks of cash protected only by plastic bags.
Environmental concerns in the city involve managing the city's extraordinary population density. Mass transit use is the highest in the nation and gasoline consumption in the city is at the rate the national average was in the 1920s. [1] New York City's dense population and low automobile dependence help make New York among the most energy ...
Collect Pond, or Fresh Water Pond, [1] was a body of fresh water in what is now Chinatown in Lower Manhattan, New York City. For the first two centuries of European settlement in Manhattan, it was the main New York City water supply system for the growing city. A jail was later built on the former pond. In the 20th century, the site became ...
Catskill Aqueduct. Coordinates: 41°50′55″N 74°8′14″W. The Catskill Aqueduct in southern Ulster County. Map of Catskill Aqueduct. Construction of Catskill Aqueduct, 1911. The Catskill Aqueduct, part of the New York City water supply system, brings water from the Catskill Mountains to Yonkers where it connects to other parts of the system.