Download or read book Empire of Water written by David Soll and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplying water to millions is not simply an engineering and logistical challenge. As David Soll shows in his finely observed history of the nation’s largest municipal water system, the task of providing water to New Yorkers transformed the natural and built environment of the city, its suburbs, and distant rural watersheds. Almost as soon as New York City completed its first municipal water system in 1842, it began to expand the network, eventually reaching far into the Catskill Mountains, more than one hundred miles from the city. Empire of Water explores the history of New York City’s water system from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century, focusing on the geographical, environmental, and political repercussions of the city’s search for more water. Soll vividly recounts the profound environmental implications for both city and countryside. Some of the region’s most prominent landmarks, such as the High Bridge across the Harlem River, Central Park’s Great Lawn, and the Ashokan Reservoir in Ulster County, have their origins in the city’s water system. By tracing the evolution of the city’s water conservation efforts and watershed management regime, Soll reveals the tremendous shifts in environmental practices and consciousness that occurred during the twentieth century. Few episodes better capture the long-standing upstate-downstate divide in New York than the story of how mountain water came to flow from spigots in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Soll concludes by focusing on the landmark watershed protection agreement signed in 1997 between the city, watershed residents, environmental organizations, and the state and federal governments. After decades of rancor between the city and Catskill residents, the two sides set aside their differences to forge a new model of environmental stewardship. His account of this unlikely environmental success story offers a behind the scenes perspective on the nation’s most ambitious and wide-ranging watershed protection program.

Download or read book Delaware Water Supply for the City of New York written by Augustus Braun Kinzel and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-02-17 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1997, New York City adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid filtration of its large upstate surface water supply. Shortly thereafter, the NRC began an analysis of the agreement's scientific validity. The resulting book finds New York City's watershed agreement to be a good template for proactive watershed management that, if properly implemented, will maintain high water quality. However, it cautions that the agreement is not a guarantee of permanent filtration avoidance because of changing regulations, uncertainties regarding pollution sources, advances in treatment technologies, and natural variations in watershed conditions. The book recommends that New York City place its highest priority on pathogenic microorganisms in the watershed and direct its resources toward improving methods for detecting pathogens, understanding pathogen transport and fate, and demonstrating that best management practices will remove pathogens. Other recommendations, which are broadly applicable to surface water supplies across the country, target buffer zones, stormwater management, water quality monitoring, and effluent trading.

Download or read book Delaware Water Supply for the City of New York written by New York (N.Y.). Board of Water Supply and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Water for a City written by Charles H. Weidner and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Water Supply of the City of New York written by New York (N.Y.). Board of Water Supply and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanied by Report of the Chief Engineer.

Download or read book The Water Supply of the City of New York written by New York (N.Y.). Board of Water Supply and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Delaware Water Supply News written by New York (N.Y.). Water Supply, Board of and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The New York City Water Supply System written by New York (N.Y.). Department of Environmental Protection and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Liquid Assets written by Diane Galusha and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Liquid Assets, author Diane Galusha traces for the first time between the covers of a single volume the development of the amazing water system that altered landscapes, transformed lives, and made possible New York's preeminence among the world's great cities."--Back cover.

Download or read book Water for a City written by Charles H. Weidner and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Water Meters and the Elimination of Waste written by New York (N.Y.). Water Works Research Bureau and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report on Legislation to Revise Condemnation Procedures Relative to Acquisition of Land in the Delaware River Basin for Water Supply Purposes for the City of New York written by New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Committee on the Affairs of the City of New York and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Annual Report of the State Water Supply Commission of New York written by New York (State). Water Supply Commission and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 1108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Water Supply Needs of the Northeastern United States written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Simulation Model of the Delaware River Basin and New York City Water Supply Systems written by Jeffrey C. Bensch and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: