New York City water supply system

E42502

infrastructure network municipal water supply system

The New York City water supply system is a vast network of reservoirs, aqueducts, tunnels, and distribution infrastructure that delivers potable water from upstate watersheds to millions of residents in New York City.

Aliases (10)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	infrastructure network → municipal water supply system →
connectsTo	New York City sewer system →
country	United States →
hasComponent	gatehouses → pressure-regulating stations → water distribution mains → water service lines → water storage tanks →
hasPart	Ashokan Reservoir → Cannonsville Reservoir → Catskill Aqueduct → Delaware Aqueduct → Hillview Reservoir → Kensico Reservoir → Neversink Reservoir → New Croton Aqueduct → New Croton Reservoir → New York City Water Tunnel No. 1 → New York City Water Tunnel No. 2 → New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 → Pepacton Reservoir →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	State of New York →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
managedBy	New York City Department of Environmental Protection →
notableFor	being one of the largest unfiltered surface water supplies in the United States →
operator	New York City Department of Environmental Protection →
ownedBy	City of New York →
primaryWaterSource	Catskill–Delaware watershed →
purpose	public water supply →
regulatingAuthority	New York State Department of Health → United States Environmental Protection Agency →
secondaryWaterSource	Croton watershed →
serves	New York City →
servesPopulation	millions of residents →
sourceRegion	Catskill Mountains → Croton River watershed → Delaware River watershed →
subjectToRegulation	Safe Drinking Water Act →
supplies	drinking water → potable water →
usesEnergySource	gravity flow → pumping stations →
usesInfrastructureType	aqueduct → distribution mains → reservoir → water tunnel →
usesProcess	chlorination → ultraviolet disinfection →
waterTreatmentCharacteristic	largely unfiltered surface water →

Referenced by (42)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Amawalk Reservoir → Amawalk Reservoir ("upstate New York water supply system of New York City") → Ashokan Reservoir → Boyds Corner Reservoir → Cross River Reservoir → Croton Falls Dam → Croton Falls Reservoir → Croton Water Filtration Plant → Croton water supply system → Delaware system → Diverting Reservoir → East Branch Croton River ("New York City water supply network") → Esopus Creek → Hillview Reservoir → Jerome Park Reservoir → Kensico Reservoir → Middle Branch Croton River → Middle Branch Reservoir → Muscoot Reservoir → New Croton Aqueduct → New Croton Dam → New Croton Reservoir → New York City distribution tunnels → Old Croton Dam → Putnam County, New York → Schoharie Creek → Schoharie Reservoir ("New York City Catskill water supply system") → Schoharie Reservoir ("New York City Catskill-Delaware water supply system") → Shandaken Tunnel → Titicus Reservoir → Titicus River → West Branch Reservoir →	partOf
Town of Kent, New York → Town of North Salem, New York →	partOfWatershed
Amawalk Reservoir →	category
East Branch Croton River →	contributesTo
Rondout Reservoir ("New York City Catskill–Delaware water supply system") →	isKeyComponentOf
Delaware system ("New York City drinking water network") →	isMajorComponentOf
Croton Falls, New York ("New York City watershed protection area") →	isPartOf
Shandaken Tunnel ("New York City water supply watersheds") →	locatedInWatershed
Kensico Reservoir ("Catskill water system") →	waterFrom
New Croton Dam ("New York City Croton System") →	waterSystem