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Hudson River: Hudson River: Breakneck Brook Dam 18 ft (5.5 m) 2011 Putnam County: Breakneck Brook: Dam built for recreation. Owned by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Shapp Pond Dam 12 ft (3.7 m) 2016
The New Croton Dam (also known as Cornell Dam) [1] is a dam forming the New Croton Reservoir, both parts of the New York City water supply system. It stretches across the Croton River near Croton-on-Hudson, New York, about 22 miles (35 km) north of New York City. Construction began in 1892 and was completed in 1906. [2]
Riverkeeper studies the water quality of the Hudson. The river water is measured for salinity, oxygen, temperature, suspended sediment, chlorophyll and sewage. As of 2008, it is estimated that each year New York City's 460 Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) dump more than 27 billion gallons of raw sewage into the river and New York Harbor. [29]
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 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.
In 1885, the old Kensico Dam was built south of the village of Kensico as an additional source of water for New York City. The dam formed a small lake with water from the Bronx River and the Byram River, but it was not enough for New York's increasing population. A reservoir was needed to act as a holding tank for distribution to New York City. [6]
It is located in the Catskill Mountain town of Neversink in Sullivan County, New York, 75 miles (121 km) northwest of the City. It is fed by the Neversink River, the longest tributary of the Delaware River. Water collected in the reservoir in turn goes through the Neversink Tunnel a short distance east to Rondout Reservoir to be pooled with ...