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West Branch Reservoir

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West Branch Reservoir
The Carver Bridge, where NY 301 crosses the reservoir
West Branch Reservoir is located in New York
West Branch Reservoir
West Branch Reservoir
Location within New York
LocationPutnam County, New York
Coordinates41°25.5′N 73°42′W / 41.4250°N 73.700°W / 41.4250; -73.700
TypeReservoir
Primary inflowsWest Branch of the Croton River
Catchment area20 sq mi (52 km2)
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface elevation490 feet (150 m)

The West Branch Reservoir is a reservoir in the New York City water supply system. Formed by impounding the upper reaches of the West Branch of the Croton River, it is located in the Putnam County, New York, towns of Kent, and Carmel, about 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City.[1]

Put into service in 1895, West Branch is one of 12 reservoirs in the system's Croton Watershed,[2] and second northernmost. Building the Reservoir required displacing some of the earliest settlements along the West Branch of the Croton River including Coles Mills. It receives the flow of the upstream Boyds Corner impoundment, and, when needed, of Lake Gleneida, a controlled lake in the City supply system. Primarily, however, it receives water from the much larger Rondout Reservoir in the Catskill Mountains on the west bank of the Hudson River via the Delaware Aqueduct. It serves as a supplementary settling basin for these waters before releasing its flow back into the aqueduct to be carried to the Kensico Reservoir in southern Westchester County.[1]

West Branch Reservoir has a 20 square mile (32 km2) drainage basin, and can hold up to 8 billion US gallons (30,000,000 m3) of water at full capacity. It consists of two basins, separated by State Route 301.[1]

During drought periods the West Branch also receives water pumped in from the Hudson River by the city's Chelsea Pumping Station near Beacon in Dutchess County, some 65 miles (105 km) from New York City. It was used for this purpose during the 1965–66 and 1985 droughts, as well as during May 1989.

Water withdrawn from the West Branch ordinarily flows via the Delaware Aqueduct to the Kensico Reservoir in Westchester County for further settling. There it mixes with additional Catskill system water carried by the Catskill Aqueduct before entering tunnels that carry it to the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers, at the city's northern boundary. There it enters the city's direct water supply distribution system, flowing via tunnels through the boroughs of The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. The water finally stops at Staten Island.

Water in excess of New York City's needs at the West Branch Reservoir goes over its spillway and into the West Branch Croton River, which is captured downstream by the Croton Falls Reservoir.

See also

References

External links

  • NYCDEP Water Supply Watersheds-Links to information on reservoirs by system Archived 2006-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  • "West Branch Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
This page was last edited on 12 August 2023, at 13:45
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