A stretch of aqueduct that supplies more than half of New York City’s water is being shut down through the winter as part of a $2 billion project to address massive leaks beneath the Hudson River. The temporary shutdown of the Delaware Aqueduct in upstate New York has been in the works for years.
FILE - Tunnel workers push equipment up a rail track to a machine boring a 2.5-mile bypass tunnel for the Delaware Aqueduct in Marlboro, N.Y., May 16, 2018. A stretch of aqueduct that supplies about half of New York City ’s water is being shut down through the winter as part of a $2 billion project to address massive leaks beneath the Hudson River.with officials steadily boosting capacity from other parts of the city’s sprawling 19-reservoir system.
The Delaware Aqueduct is the longest tunnel in the world and carries water for 85 miles from four reservoirs in the Catskill region to other reservoirs in the city’s northern suburbs. Operating since 1944, it provides roughly half the 1.1 billion gallons a day used by more than 8 million New York City residents. The system also serves some upstate municipalities.
The new tunnel will be connected during the shutdown, which is expected to last up to eight months. More than 40 miles of the aqueduct running down from the four upstate reservoirs will be out of service during that time, though a section closer to the city will remain in use.Rush said the work was timed to avoid summer months, when demand is higher. The city also has spent years making improvements to other parts of the system, some of which are more than 100 years old.
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