Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program

by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, et al.

New York City's municipal water supply system provides about 1 billion gallons of drinking water a day to over 8.5 million people in New York City and about 1 million people living in nearby Westchester, Putnam, Ulster, and Orange counties. The combined water supply system includes 19 reservoirs and three controlled lakes with a total storage capacity of approximately 580 billion gallons. The city's Watershed Protection Program is intended to maintain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309679672
• ISBN13: 9780309679671
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 422 Pages