East Delaware Tunnel

The East Delaware Tunnel is a 25-mile (40 km) aqueduct in the Catskill Mountains of New York State. It was constructed within a six-year period between 1949 and 1955 to transport drinking water from the Pepacton Reservoir to the Rondout Reservoir, both of which supply New York City with drinking water. The tunnel begins near the former site of Pepacton, New York, and ends near the former site of Eureka, New York, passing through Delaware County, Sullivan County and Ulster County. The tunnel has a maximum transmission capacity of 500,000,000 US gallons (1.9 Gl) and was constructed at a width of 11 feet (3.4 m).

New York City's Water Supply System

Reservoirs	New Croton Reservoir Boyds Corner Reservoir Middle Branch Reservoir East Branch Reservoir / Bog Brook Reservoir Titicus Reservoir West Branch Reservoir Amawalk Reservoir Muscoot Reservoir Cross River Reservoir Croton Falls Reservoir / Diverting Reservoir

Reservoirs	Ashokan Reservoir Kensico Reservoir Schoharie Reservoir Rondout Reservoir Neversink Reservoir Pepacton Reservoir Cannonsville Reservoir

Controlled Lakes	Kirk Lake Lake Gilead Lake Gleneida

Waterways	Croton River West Branch Croton River Middle Branch Croton River East Branch Croton River Titicus River Muscoot River Cross River Esopus Creek Neversink River Rondout Creek Delaware River East Branch Delaware River West Branch Delaware River

Aqueducts	New Croton Aqueduct Croton Aqueduct (decommissioned) Catskill Aqueduct Shandaken Tunnel Delaware Aqueduct Neversink Tunnel East Delaware Tunnel West Delaware Tunnel

Storage Reservoirs	Croton Distributing Reservoir (decommissioned) Highbridge Reservoir (decommissioned) Hillview Reservoir Jerome Park Reservoir Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir (decommissioned) Silver Lake Reservoir Ridgewood Reservoir (decommissioned) Williamsbridge Reservoir (decommissioned)

Distribution Tunnels	New York City Water Tunnel No. 1 New York City Water Tunnel No. 2 New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 (under construction) Richmond Tunnel

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