Zebra mussels, hydrilla, and now a waterflea have made their homes in New Croton Reservoir.
ArticleBody:This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here. The quality of New York’s drinking water—and the complex system that delivers it to each New Yorker’s tap—has long been a source of pride for city officials and residents alike.
Ultimately, they successfully eradicated hydrilla from three miles of downstream river using a very low concentration of herbicide for five seasons, but the impact of the hydrilla on the river’s ecosystem was so severe that at the end of the project, White had to replant many native aquatic plants in the Croton River. According to Taylor, hydrilla still remains at the New Croton Reservoir. The Department of Environmental Protection is also using herbicide to change that.
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