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The UV facility treats water delivered by two of the city's aqueduct systems, the Catskill Aqueduct and the Delaware Aqueduct, via the Kensico Reservoir. [3] (The city's third supply system, the New Croton Aqueduct, has a separate treatment plant. [4]) The plant has 56 energy-efficient UV reactors, and cost the city $1.6 billion.
All water is treated for enhanced disinfection at a location close to Kensico: The world's largest ultraviolet water treatment facility — the Catskill-Delaware Ultraviolet Light Disinfection ...
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).
The old aqueduct remained in service until 1955, when supply from the Delaware and Catskill Aqueducts was sufficient to allow taking it off line. [1] Waters of the New Croton Aqueduct flow to the Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx before entering Croton Water Filtration Plant in Van Cortlandt Park for treatment, then out to distribution.
It will connect the Kensico Reservoir, whose 30-billion-gallon capacity makes it a critical piece in the city’s water supply network, with the Catskill-Delaware Ultraviolet (CDUV) Light ...
The Catskill Aqueduct has an operational capacity of about 550 million US gallons (2,100,000 m 3) per day north of the Kensico Reservoir in Valhalla, New York. 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 ]
There are two outlets that provide water to parts of Westchester County, the Catskill Aqueduct or the Delaware Aqueduct. After leaving Kensico, the water is treated with ultraviolet light at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection's Eastview facility, then continues on to Hillview Reservoir. At Hillview the water enters the ...
Kristy Hawthorne, program administrator for Licking County Soil and Water Conservation District, said it was a recipe for failure, given the shortage of treatment-plant operators and because ...