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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 ...
New York City water supply system. in 1849, part of the Old Croton Aqueduct, the city's first water supply system. A combination of aqueducts, reservoirs, and tunnels supplies fresh water to New York City. With three major water systems ( Croton, Catskill, and Delaware) stretching up to 125 miles (201 km) away from the city, its water supply ...
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 ...
According to Environmental Advocates NY, 300 water utilities across New York State will exceed these new EPA limits. "New York has been an epicenter of PFAS contamination, from Hoosick Falls and ...
A 127-year-old water main under New York's Times Square gave way early Tuesday, flooding midtown streets and the city's busiest subway station. The 20-inch (half-meter) pipe gave way under 40th ...
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection Police investigate over 4000 complaints per year, 500 of these related to environmental crimes. Environmental crimes include storm water complaints, water pollution and the illegal transportation, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste.
Croton Water Filtration Plant. / 40.886005; -73.878808. The Croton Water Filtration Plant, is a drinking water treatment facility in New York City which began operation in 2015. The plant construction cost was over $3 billion, [6] [3] The facility was built 160 feet (49 m) under Van Cortlandt Park 's Mosholu Golf Course in the Bronx.
The Hillview Reservoir is a 90-acre (0.36 km 2) storage reservoir in southeastern Yonkers, New York. [1] It was built within a six-year period from 1909–1915 by the New York City Board of Water Supply to receive water from the newly constructed Catskill Aqueduct, which drained water from the Ashokan Reservoir and sent it down into the Kensico ...