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Sidney is a town in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 5,536 at the 2020 census. The population was 5,536 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The town is at the northwestern corner of the county and contains the village of Sidney .
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village of Sidney has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.2 km 2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.04 km 2), or 0.64%, is water. [2] Interstate 88 passes just south of the village, with access from Exit 9 (New York State Route 8).
Superfund sites in New York are designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). CERCLA, a federal law passed in 1980, authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Residents in fifteen New York counties are being asked to conserve water as a drought watch was declared for part of the state last week.. The New York State Department of Conservation (DEC) is ...
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The Delaware Aqueduct, completed in 1945, taps tributaries of the Delaware River in the western Catskill Mountains and provides approximately half of New York City's water supply. [16] The latter two aqueducts provide 90% of New York City's drinking water, and the watershed for these aqueducts extends a combined 1 million acres (400,000 ha).
Capacity in the section of the aqueduct south of Kensico Reservoir to the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers, New York is 880 million US gallons (3,300,000 m 3) per day. [7] 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.
The water source for the city of Troy, New York, is the Tomhannock Reservoir, a man-made reservoir 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of Troy in the town of Pittstown. The reservoir is 5.5 miles (8.9 km) long, and holds 12.3 billion US gallons (47,000,000 m 3) when full. Water quality is good to excellent. [2]