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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.
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 ...
Lower Manhattan expansion. An 1865 map of Lower Manhattan below 14th Street showing land reclamation along the shoreline. [1] The expansion of the land area of Lower Manhattan in New York City by land reclamation has, over time, greatly altered Manhattan Island's shorelines on the Hudson and East rivers; as well as those of the Upper New York Bay.
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. Geography. The Catskill Aqueduct begins at the Ashokan Reservoir in Olivebridge, New York, located in Ulster County.
This USGS map shows the number of PFAS detected in tap water samples from select sites across the nation. The findings are based on a USGS study of samples taken between 2016 and 2021 from private ...
Structural engineer. James Ruderman. 55 Water Street is a 687-foot-tall (209 m) skyscraper on the East River in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The 53-story, 3.5-million-square-foot (325,000 m 2) structure was completed in 1972. Designed by Emery Roth and Sons, the building was developed by the Uris ...
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 Office of Comptroller of New York City, a position established in 1801, is the chief financial officer and chief auditor of the city agencies and their performance and spending. The comptroller also reviews all city contracts, handles the settlement of litigation claims (amounting to $975 million in 2019), issues municipal bonds, and ...