Gothamist: NYC Tap Water Gets Report Card from Riverkeeper

pickycapellit

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:01:06 -0500

17% comes from Uranus!

sinisterteashop

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:45:54 -0500

There may be truth to those sayings but the way they've been known to create crises and never acknowledge progress (like many civil rights "leaders") makes them unreliable in my view. Everything doesn't have to be a crisis, agreed. But water privatization is alive and well in the US. Poland Spring is owned by the Nestle corp, for Hershey's sake. http://www.nestle-watersna.com

Rocknrope

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:07:43 -0500

"fecal coliform from waterfowl" aka: birdshit.

jchez

Fri, 16 May 2008 12:03:10 -0500

Like many political action groups, Riverkeeper is manned by individuals that try to appear selfless but whose entire sense-of-self/power/career is based on constantly reminding people that more needs to be done and improvements are never enough. There may be truth to those sayings but the way they've been known to create crises and never acknowledge progress (like many civil rights "leaders") makes them unreliable in my view.

JenChungsBra

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:45:53 -0500

I should say it hasn't been used in NYC for a few years -- there are towns in Westchester and maybe Putnam too that get all their water from the Croton system.

JenChungsBra

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:37:43 -0500

Check out the system map here: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/drinking_water/wsmaps_wide.shtml You may want to note that because water quality is better in the Catskill/Delaware systems the Croton system is only used when absolutely necessary to meet high demand or because of drought in the other watersheds. It also only goes to certain low-elevation areas of Manhattan and the Bronx. Typically it would only be used from May to September when water use is highest but I'm pretty sure it hasn't been used in a few years now while the filtration plant construction takes place.

John Del Signore

Fri, 16 May 2008 11:05:45 -0500

The Catskill/Delaware Watershed. And great photo, thanks!

edEx

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:51:38 -0500

where does the other 90% come from?