Croton Water Filtration Plant

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The Croton Water Filtration Plant is a major underground water treatment facility in New York City that filters and improves drinking water drawn from the Croton water supply system.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf underground facility
water treatment plant
borough Bronx
connectsTo Jerome Park Reservoir
New Croton Aqueduct
constructionCost over 3000000000 USD
constructionType underground
coordinates approximately 40.897°N 73.886°W
country United States
designedCapacity 290 million US gallons per day
about 1.1 billion liters per day
inaugurationDate 2015
locatedIn Bronx
New York City
Van Cortlandt Park
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory New York State
locatedUnder golf course in Van Cortlandt Park
municipality New York City
notableFor being New York City’s first filtration plant for the Croton system
large-scale underground construction in an urban park
officialOpeningDate 2015-05-08
operatedBy New York City Department of Environmental Protection
ownedBy City of New York
partOf Croton water supply system
New York City water supply system
projectFaced community opposition
construction delays
cost overruns
lawsuits
purpose comply with federal drinking water regulations
improve water quality
treat drinking water for New York City
regulatoryContext Filtration Avoidance Determination
Safe Drinking Water Act
Surface Water Treatment Rule
serviceArea New York City distribution system
parts of Manhattan
parts of the Bronx
startDateOfConstruction 2004
usesProcess chlorination
corrosion control
disinfection
filtration
pH adjustment
ultraviolet disinfection
waterSource Croton River
Croton watershed
New Croton Reservoir

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Croton water supply system
hasTreatmentFacility

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