New york city gets its water from 3 major watersheds. The Croton Watershed, is located east of the Hudson River, the Catskill and Delaware Watersheds, which are located in Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster. Together they contain about 19 reservoirs “within a 2000-square-mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of New York City”. The Pepacton and the Ashokan are the two largest reservoirs. The pepacton can hold over 140 billion gallons while the Ashokan holds 123 billion gallons. After the water is selected, it flows through aqueducts and tunnels to Kensico reservoir to get filtered and treated. When it gets there, the water is treated with fluoride to help prevent health issues such as tooth decay and treated with ultraviolet to kill harmful parasites such as cryptosporidium and giardia. The water then makes a last stop before it reaches us at Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers. In yorkers, water receives more treatment to disinfect it. After this, the …show more content…
It meets all the federal and state standards due to its high quality and superior taste. However, as essay two mention “a number of factors affect water quality worldwide, each with different impacts on the health of local inhabitants”. Although and the surface NY is the best, it also has some issues affecting it. One such problem is Sediment, which can transport pathogens. Those pathogens can interfere with disinfection and the overall health of the water. Excess nutrients such as nitrates, phosphorus and other organic substances in the water is also a problem. Phosphorus, in high quantity can cause algae to bloom which in turn causes odor, color and taste issues. Phosphorus and nitrates can also cause eutrophic water conditions and increased carbon in the water. This water, when “cleaned” with chlorine can result in chemicals known as byproducts, which are linked to cancer and miscarriages. According to essay one, Turbidity is also a major