New York City Water System

By: Tim SweanyMay 2013

S History 1609-2013S WatershedsS TunnelsS Environmental battleS Facilities today

Collect Pond – NYC First Water Supply

1609 2009

1609 – Ponds, Rivers, Streams1666 – First Public Well1700’s – Contamination by Waste

human/animal/industrial1798 – Yellow Fever Epidemic1832 – Cholera Epidemic

1842 Croton Reservoir Finished

New York City Watersheds

Croton (1842-1911) – 12 damsCatskill (1907-1927) – 4 damsDelaware (1937-1965) – 2 dams

New York City Aqueducts

Carry water from reservoirs Elevated channels in mountains Tunnels under riverDrop 13” per mile

Old Croton Aqueduct

New York City Water Tunnels

Tunnel No. 1 (1917)Tunnel No. 2 (1937)Tunnel No. 3 (1970-2020) 10’-24’ diameter 60 miles long 400’-800’ deep 12” drop per 100’

Never inspected and valves never closed

New York City Water Tunnelstunnels

New York City Water Tunnel No. 3

xThe ShaftAbove Ground

Equipment Comes Down

Rock Goes Up!

xSandhogs

xBlasting Enlarging

Tunnel Boring Machine

Environmental BattlesCongress and EPA 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 1986 SDWA Requires Disinfect & Filter 1989 Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR)New York City $3-$8 Billion Filtration @300M/Year (or) $500 Million Land Acquisition

Environmental BattlesCity Watershed Restrictions

S Land Acquisition80,000 Acres90% ForestedS Agriculture ManagementVoluntary85% ParticipationS Septic System/ Wastewater Upgrades

Disputed Payment for Upgrades

Land Acquisition

1997 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)- Landmark environmental milestone- Saved New York City $billion’s- Cooperative agreement between City and watershed property owners/ farmers- Filtration waivers granted 1993, 1997, 2002, 2007

Facilities Today in 2013Open Water Tunnel No. 3 – Now connecting to distributionOpen Croton Filtration Plant – Necessary for water qualityOpen Catskill/ Delaware UV Facility – EPA requires 2 types of disinfection

New York City Water 2013Croton

Filtration

Catskill/ DelawareUV Facility

TunnelNo. 3

Conclusions:- Population growth- Water system growth- Watershed growth- Growth of regulations- Growth of treatment- MOA agreement- Protection of watersheds

THE END

New York City Water System

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