And they said, weve had a lot of problems on the schuylkill. Dont go to the hudson river. Go to the upland and work by gravity. And thats what new york city did. They first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. And really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. I dont think they anticipated that. Narrator the majority of new york citys Drinking Water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. A watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. Mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. And in this case, reservoirs. In the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a years supply over 580 billion gallons of water. Almost all of the system is fed by gravity, without the use of energyconsuming pumps. Valves open to regulate the flow into the 85milelong Delaware Aqueduct the longest tunnel in the wo
Across america, cities and towns, homes and businesses all depend upon one basic resource. Modern civilization and life itself would be impossible without it. Woman okay, so today, were going to look at how do we get our water . Narrator and today, its a matter of simply turning on the tap. So often, we forget about the value of water. Water is a commodity that is essential to life. 100 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine turning on the tap water. And now, its an expectation. Narrator over 300 Million People live in the United States. And each person uses an average of 100 gallons of water every day. Man what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a mystery to most customers. Woman so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school . Woman somebody has to bring that water to us, and somebody has to take it away when were finished with it. Man the Water Infrastructure is vital for disease protection, fire protection, basic sanitation, economic d
Across america, cities and towns, homes and businesses all depend upon one basic resource. Modern civilization and life itself would be impossible without it. Woman okay, so today, were going to look at how do we get our water . Narrator and today, its a matter of simply turning on the tap. So often, we forget about the value of water. Water is a commodity that is essential to life. 100 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine turning on the tap water. And now, its an expectation. Narrator over 300 Million People live in the United States. And each person uses an average of 100 gallons of water every day. Man what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a mystery to most customers. Woman so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school . Woman somebody has to bring that water to us, and somebody has to take it away when were finished with it. Man the Water Infrastructure is vital for disease protection, fire protection, basic sanitation, economic d
Shes well known and played in deadman walking. Thats may 9. I want to thank all volunteers and those who made this event possible. And all of you for attending. Thank you and have a good evening. Across america, cities and towns, homes and businesses all depend upon one basic resource. Modern civilization and life itself would be impossible without it. Woman okay, so today, were going to look at how do we get our water . Narrator and today, its a matter of simply turning on the tap. So often, we forget about the value of water. Water is a commodity that is essential to life. 100 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine turning on the tap water. And now, its an expectation. Narrator over 300 Million People live in the United States. And each person uses an average of 100 gallons of water every day. Man what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a mystery to most customers. Woman so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school . Woman somebody has
In other words, the water coming out of a Wastewater Treatment plant often enters the watershed, flows into intakes of Drinking Water Treatment Plants, and eventually finds its way right back to our faucets. It takes huge investments to ensure that wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment Plants function properly to maintain a safe water supply. We made the initial investments in the plants and the pipes. But once we accomplished that, there was this great recognition that we had a series of issues associated with wet weather conditions. Storm events where, all of a sudden, youre dealing with a lot of water. Narrator large amounts of rainwater can cause flooding. Engineers developed two approaches to stormWater Infrastructure to transport water away from the urban environment. One approach was to carry waste and stormwater through the same pipe. This combined system was less expensive than building two individual pipe networks. And stormwater was seen as a way to flush out the sewers. T