East end of Cross River Reservoir

The Cross River Reservoir is a small reservoir in northern Westchester County, New York, part of New York City's water supply system. It is located within the towns of Bedford and Lewisboro, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the village of Katonah, and over 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City. It was constructed around the turn of the century by impounding the Cross River, a tributary of the Croton River, which eventually flows into the Hudson River. Westchester County is a suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Official language(s) None Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... A water supply network is a system of engineered hydrologic and hydraulic components, including: the watershed or geographic area that collects the water, see water purification - sources of drinking water; a raw (untreated) water reservoir (above or below ground) where the water gathers, such as a lake, a river, or... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Lewisboro is a town located in Westchester County, New York. ... Katonah, New York is one of three unincorporated hamlets within the town of Bedford. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The Cross River is a short river in southern New York State that rises near Cross River in the township of Lewisboro. ... The Croton River (pronounced Crow-ton) is a river in southern New York that begins where the East and West Branches of the Croton River meet a little ways downstream from the Croton Falls Reservoir. ... The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk in Mahican, is a river running mainly through New York State but partly forming the boundary between the states of New York and New Jersey. ...

The reservoir was finally put into service in 1908. The resulting body of water is one of 16 (12 reservoirs and 4 controlled lakes) in the Croton Watershed, the southernmost of New York City's watersheds. The reservoir is approximately 3.2 miles (5.1 km) long, has a drainage basin of 30 square miles (48 km²), and can hold 10.3 billion gallons (38.9 million m³) of water at full capacity, making it one of the city's smaller reservoirs. 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The gallon (abbreviation: gal) is an English unit of volume. ...

To reach the city, water flows through Cross River into the Muscoot Reservoir, then down that one into the New Croton Reservoir, where it enters the New Croton Aqueduct in Yorktown. Via the aqueduct, it flows into The Bronx , entering the Jerome Park Reservoir. In Manhattan, it meets the Catskill Aqueduct. It finally flows through Brooklyn and Staten Island, stopping near the end of the island. The Muscoot Reservoir is a small reservoir in northern Westchester County, New York. ... Part of New Croton Reservoir The New Croton Reservoir is a narrow reservoir in Westchester County, New York, lying approximately 22 miles (35. ... Yorktown is a town located in Westchester County, New York, about 38 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... The Jerome Park Reservoir is located in the North Bronx, NYC, NY. The Bronx HS of Science, Lehman College, and Park Reservoir Housing Corp. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... The Catskill Aqueduct is an aqueduct that takes water from the Ashokan Reservoir and the Schoharie Reservoir (water flows from the Schoharie Reservoir into the Ashokan Reservoir), and brings it down to New York City. ... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Staten Island, in yellow, lies to the southwest of the rest of New York City. ...