New York City Water Tunnel No. 3

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New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 is a massive, long-term infrastructure project designed to modernize and provide redundancy to New York City’s drinking water distribution network.

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New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drinking water supply tunnel
municipal infrastructure project
water tunnel
constructionMethod drill and blast excavation
tunnel boring machine excavation
constructionStart 1970
country United States
depthBelowSurface 150 to 800 feet
designedCapacity over 1 billion gallons per day
designedToAllowShutdownOf New York City Water Tunnel No. 1
New York City Water Tunnel No. 2
feedsFrom Catskill Aqueduct
Delaware Aqueduct
fundedBy City of New York capital budget
hasSection Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
locatedIn New York City
New York State
linked to: New York
locatedUnder borough of Brooklyn
linked to: Brooklyn

borough of Manhattan
borough of Queens
borough of Staten Island
borough of the Bronx
material concrete-lined rock tunnel
notableFor being one of the largest capital projects in New York City history
longest ongoing capital construction project in New York City
operator New York City Department of Environmental Protection
owner City of New York
linked to: New York City
partOf New York City water supply system
passesThrough Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
the Bronx
linked to: The Bronx
projectAnnouncedBy Mayor John V. Lindsay
linked to: John Lindsay

New York City Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity
purpose drinking water distribution
modernization of water supply system
redundancy for existing water tunnels
stage1ServiceStart 1998
stage2ServiceStart 2013
status partially operational
suppliesWaterTo borough of Brooklyn
linked to: Brooklyn

borough of Manhattan
borough of Queens
linked to: Borough of Queens

borough of Staten Island
borough of the Bronx

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New York City water supply system hasPart New York City Water Tunnel No. 3
New York City Water Tunnel No. 1 followedBy New York City Water Tunnel No. 3
New York City Water Tunnel No. 2 followedBy New York City Water Tunnel No. 3
New York City water tunnels hasPart New York City Water Tunnel No. 3