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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.
Location: Delaware County, New York: Coordinates: 1]: Type: Reservoir: Primary inflows: West Branch Delaware River: Primary outflows: West Branch Delaware River, West Delaware Tunnel: Catchment area: 455 sq mi (1,180 km 2): Basin countries: United States: Water volume: 362,000,000 m 3 (0.087 cu mi): Surface elevation: 1,148 feet (350 m) [1]: The Cannonsville Reservoir is a reservoir in the New ...
The original Croton Dam (Old Croton Dam) was built between 1837 and 1842 to improve New York City's water supply.By 1881, after extensive repairs to the dam, which was 50 feet (15 m) high, the Old Croton Reservoir was able to supply about 90 million US gallons (340,000 m 3) a day to the city via the Old Croton Aqueduct. [5]
Rondout Reservoir. The Delaware Aqueduct is an aqueduct in the New York City water supply system.It takes water from the Rondout, Cannonsville, Neversink, and Pepacton reservoirs on the west bank of the Hudson River through the Chelsea Pump Station, then into the West Branch, Kensico, and Hillview reservoirs on the east bank, ending at Hillview in Yonkers, New York.
The resulting reservoir, the northernmost of the New York City system, is located 36 miles (58 km) southwest of Albany and roughly 110 miles (180 km) northwest of New York City. It lies at the southern end of Schoharie County, the northeastern end of Delaware County, and at the northwestern end of Greene County. It neighbors such towns as ...
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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.