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New Croton reservoir 
Location Westchester County, New York Coordinates 41°13′58.65″N 73°50′23.27″W / 41.2329583°N 73.8397972°WCoordinates: 41°13′58.65″N 73°50′23.27″W / 41.2329583°N 73.8397972°W Lake type reservoir Primary inflows Croton River Primary outflows Croton River Catchment area 57 sq mi (150 km2) Basin countries United States The New Croton reservoir is a narrow reservoir in Westchester County, New York, lying approximately 22 miles (35 km) north of New York City, for which the reservoir supplies water. It is the collecting point for water from all reservoirs in the Croton Watershed.
History
The original reservoir was called Croton Lake, and was New York City's first source of water not located in the city itself. The reservoir was created in 1842 by damming the Croton River, a tributary of the Hudson River. Around the turn of the 20th century, the City of New York enlarged the reservoir by constructing the New Croton Dam to supply the city with more water. The new enlarged reservoir, completed in 1905, is one of the bigger of the small reservoirs, and is the largest reservoir in the Croton Watershed. It is approximately 9 miles (14 km) long, and it can hold 19 billion US gallons (72,000,000 m3) of water at full capacity. A small part of its water comes from rain on its own drainage basin that covers 57 square miles (148 km²) of land.
The drinking water from the reservoir flows into the New Croton aqueduct while about three-quarters of the way through the reservoir. From there it goes to the city, and enters the Jerome Park Reservoir in The Bronx. It then continues to flow through the rest of the city until the water from the New Croton Aqueduct mixes with water from the Catskill aqueduct in Manhattan. It finally continues through the NYC boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island, which are the termini of the distribution system.
See also
- List of reservoirs and dams in New York
- New Croton Aqueduct
- Croton Aqueduct
- 9/24/1904;Completing the Great Masonry Dam of, the New Croton Reservoir
Reservoirs
(Croton Watershed)Reservoirs
(Catskill/Delaware Watershed)Controlled Lakes Waterways Croton River · West Branch Croton River · Middle Branch Croton River · East Branch Croton River · Titicus River · Muscoot River · Cross River · Esopus Creek · Neversink River · Rondout Creek · Delaware River · East Branch Delaware River · West Branch Delaware RiverAqueducts New Croton Aqueduct · Croton Aqueduct (decommissioned) · Catskill Aqueduct · Shandaken Tunnel · Delaware Aqueduct · Neversink Tunnel · East Delaware Tunnel · West Delaware TunnelStorage Reservoirs Croton Distributing Reservoir (decommissioned) · Highbridge Reservoir (decommissioned) · Hillview Reservoir · Jerome Park Reservoir · Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir (decommissioned) · Silver Lake Reservoir · Ridgewood Reservoir (decommissioned) · Williamsbridge Reservoir (decommissioned)Distribution Tunnels New York City Water Tunnel No. 1 · New York City Water Tunnel No. 2 · New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 (under construction) · Richmond TunnelCategories:- Reservoirs in New York
- Croton Watershed
- Protected areas of Westchester County, New York
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