Amawalk Reservoir
The reservoir is one of the smaller in NYC's water supply system. It is only about 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) long. It only holds about 6.7 billion US gal (25 million m) of water at full capacity, and has a drainage basin of 20 square miles (52 square kilometres).
Water which is either released or spilled out of Amawalk Reservoir flows south in the Muscoot River and eventually enters the Muscoot Reservoir, and then flows into the New Croton Reservoir. The water enters the New Croton Aqueduct, which sends water to the Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx, where the water is distributed to the Bronx and to northern Manhattan. On average, the New Croton Aqueduct delivers 10% of New York City's drinking water. The water that doesn't enter the New Croton Aqueduct will flow into the Hudson River at Croton Point.
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Amawalk Reservoir
- ^ "Amawalk". New York City Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Jerome Park Reservoir" Archived 2011-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
External links
- "Amawalk Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.