REMARKS
Overview of New York City's water infrastructure
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Council Member Jim Gennaro provides an overview of New York City's potable water infrastructure, highlighting its capacity and reach. He emphasizes the quality and source of the city's tap water.
- NYC's water infrastructure delivers about 1 billion gallons of water per day
- The water serves NYC residents and some residents in surrounding counties
- The tap water is sourced from surface waters, rivers, and streams in the Catskill Mountains
Jim Gennaro
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New York City's potable water, potable water infrastructure delivers about 1,000,000,000 gallons of water per day to millions of New York residents, as well as to some lucky residents in Westchester, Putnam, Orange, and Ulster Counties.
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One more sip.
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Our tap water is widely regarded as among the finest in the world and is, and it is derived from surface waters, rivers, and streams that are fed by the rain and snow that falls in
Robert Holden
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the Catskill Mountains.
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Now some of
Jim Gennaro
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you may be asking, Catskill Mountains.