DEP to Spend $2.1B on Aqueduct Fixes
WNYC News | Dec 22, 2011
The city's Department of Environmental Protection plans to spend $2.1 billion to fix leaks in the Delaware Aqueduct, one of the underground tunnels that brings drinking water to New York City from upstate reservoirs.
The DEP plans to break ground in 2013 on a tunnel around a section of the aqueduct that's leaking near Newburgh, about 60 miles north of the city.
The agency expects to finish the 2.5-mile long tunnel by 2021. It will also repair leaks in the Town of Wawarsing from inside the existing tunnel.
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Public comments on the project are being accepted through February 17.


