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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 24, 2015 - 2:13 pm
Above: A rendering of the drilling incident that caused muddy discharge at the base of the Cannonsville Dam, according to the NYC DEP. Source: NYC DEP.
The Cannonsville Dam isn’t leaking, an investigation by the New York City Department of Environmental... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 20, 2015 - 3:08 pm
Above: The Cannonsville Dam, looking upstream toward the Cannonsville Reservoir. The dam’s release chamber is a rock structure surrounded by a road on the righthand side of the image. Muddy water began flowing into the West Branch of the Delaware River... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2015 - 1:30 pm
Above: The ice-covered Schoharie Reservoir in 2013. Photo via the NYC DEP's Flickr page.
An “oily sheen” was discovered on the surface of the Schoharie Reservoir, one of the sources of New York City’s upstate drinking water supply, on Monday, April 6,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011 - 12:02 pm
The plight of the Ulster County town of Wawarsing, which has been sitting atop a leaky section of the Delaware Aqueduct for decades, may be no fun for residents who have to constantly pump out their basements and drink bottled water. But for a California... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jul. 5, 2010 - 3:54 pm
Adam Bosch at the Times Herald-Record busted out a calculator and figured out exactly how much money New York City loses each day because of the acqueduct leak in Wawarsing. The answer? It ain't cheap:
In 2010, New York City charged its residents $2.61... Read more
