New Croton Reservoir

New Croton Reservoir

Location	Westchester County, New York
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. Westchester County is a primarily Suburban county located in the U A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the A reservoir is most broadly a place or hollow vessel where Fluid is kept in Reserve, for later use In Hydrology, the inflow of a Body of water is the source of the Water in the body of water 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 In Hydrology, the discharge or outflow of a River is the volume of Water transported by it in a certain amount of time 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 drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, Westchester County is a primarily Suburban county located in the U 2 km) north of New York City, for which the reservoir supplies water. The City of New York It is the collecting point for water from all reservoirs in the Croton Watershed. The original reservoir was called "Croton Lake", and was New York City's first upstate source of water, being completed in 1842 by damming the Croton River, a tributary of the Hudson River. Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 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 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 Around the turn of the last century, the City of New York enlarged the reservoir by constructing the New Croton Dam to supply the city with more water. 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 new enlarged reservoir, completed in 1905, is one of the bigger of the small reservoirs, and is the largest reservoir in the Croton Watershed. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting It is approximately 9 miles (approximately 14. 4 km) long, and it can hold 19 billion gallons (71. 9 million 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. A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River,

The drinking water from the reservoir flows into the New Croton Aqueduct while about three-quarters of the way through the reservoir. Built roughly parallel to the Old Croton Aqueduct, the New Croton Aqueduct was constructed to provide a large steady supply of water for New York City. From there it goes to the city, and enters the Jerome Park Reservoir in The Bronx. The Jerome Park Reservoir is located in the North Bronx, New York City. 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. The Catskill Aqueduct, part of the New York City water supply system, brings water from the Catskill Mountains to Yonkers where it connects to other parts of the sytem Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York It finally continues through the NYC boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island, which are the termini of the distribution system. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Staten Island (ˌstætənˈaɪlənd is a borough of New York City situated primarily on the island of the same name

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