New York City's Water Story: A Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. 90% of New York City’s drinking water is filtered naturally by _____.
  2. 3. This governmental power controversially allowed New York City to acquire the land where the Catskill system is now located by resettling locals, before the city switched to a collaborative and voluntary land acquisition program in 1997.
  3. 5. The water that supplies New York City and the surrounding counties is sourced from 19 reservoirs and three controlled lakes spread across nearly 2,000 miles, which makes up New York City’s ______.
  4. 7. Water within the five boroughs is tested hundreds of times every day by DEP scientists through street-side _______ stations.
  5. 9. This type of infrastructure serves as a conduit to transport water over long distances.
  6. 10. This piece of infrastructure is used to impound a river, creating a reservoir.
  7. 13. The New York City water supply and distribution system provides approximately one _____ gallons a day to the city’s 8.5 million residents.
  8. 15. New York City’s first water supply system, built in 1842.
  9. 17. The natural force that delivers water to New York City – without using electricity!
  10. 18. Prior to the construction of the city’s first water supply system, residents sourced water from natural sources like streams, ponds, springs, and from infrastructure like private and public ____.
Down
  1. 2. The northernmost reservoir in NYC’s supply system.
  2. 4. The ____ Service Line Replacement Program is a city-funded effort to assist homeowners in environmental justice neighborhoods, who may have older residences with drinking water quality concerns.
  3. 6. This watershed, named after the river that feeds several of its reservoirs, is one of the three water supplies for New York City.
  4. 8. Although New York City’s _____ has grown by over 1.3 million since 1980, water demand has actually fallen about 35 percent – making New York City one of the most water-efficient large cities in the country.
  5. 11. This element is added in small amounts to drinking water at the final stage of the treatment process in order to disinfect the water and prevent the growth of microorganism and bacteria.
  6. 12. The Croton Water Filtration Plant, which can treat up to 290 million gallons of water a day and serves as the only drinking water treatment plant in the city, is located in this borough.
  7. 14. Liquid water stored below the Earth’s surface.
  8. 16. The final stop for drinking water from the Catskill system, before it enters the city’s distribution system.