Croton River - Citizendia

The Croton River (pronounced "Crow-ton") is a river in southern New York that begins where the East and West Branches of the Croton River meet a little ways downstream from the Croton Falls Reservoir. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Croton Falls Reservoir is a small Reservoir that is located in Putnam County New York in the Croton Watershed. Shortly downstream, the Croton River, along with its tributary, the Muscoot River, flow into the Muscoot Reservoir, and after flowing through that, it empties into the New Croton Reservoir, which feeds the New Croton Aqueduct supplying water to New York City. The Muscoot Reservoir is a small reservoir in northern Westchester County New York. The New Croton Reservoir is a narrow reservoir in Westchester County New York, lying approximately 22 miles (35 Excess water leaves the spillway at the New Croton Dam, and finally empties into the Hudson River at Croton-on-Hudson, New York. The New Croton Dam, part of the New York City water supply system, stretches across the Croton River near Croton-on-Hudson New York, about 22 miles The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk, the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami Croton-on-Hudson is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States.

In the 1890s, New York City ordered the destruction or relocation of any village lining the Croton or its tributaries that threatened to pollute them; the Croton was, and still is, an important part of the water supply of New York City. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that The City of New York Many of the villages and hamlets were moved. The city chose this kind of source protection instead of resorting to expensive filtration.

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