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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.
Area code. 212, 332, 646, and 917. Battery Park City is a mainly residential 92-acre (37 ha) planned community and neighborhood on the west side of the southern tip of the island of Manhattan in New York City. [3] It is bounded by the Hudson River on the west, the Hudson River shoreline on the north and south, and the West Side Highway on the ...
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 ...
Silas Wright Titus. Silas Wright Titus. Silas Wright Titus (January 18, 1849 – January 7, 1922) was an engineer who discovered and patented deep water pumping technology and discovered early water supplies for New York City and other towns and cities in the United States in the late nineteenth century. He was known as “The Water Wizard”.
12 feet 1 inch (3.68 m) Route map. The Queens–Midtown Tunnel (often referred to as the Midtown Tunnel) [2] [3] is a vehicular tunnel under the East River in New York City, connecting the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. The tunnel consists of a pair of tubes, each carrying two lanes. The west end of the tunnel is located on the East Side of ...
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 ...
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.
Catskill Aqueduct. Catskill-Delaware Water Ultraviolet Disinfection Facility. Collect Pond. Coney Island Fire Station Pumping Station. Controlled lake. Croton Aqueduct. Croton Aqueduct Gate House. Croton Distributing Reservoir. Croton River watershed.