Rondout Reservoir Circumnavigation (NY)

Submitted by Matthew Matta on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 05:21pm
Description

The Rondout Valley lies on the southern edge of the Catskill Mountains. This reservoir was built in the 1930s and 1940s, displacing the settlements of Eureka, Montela and Lackawack. It now serves as the central collecting reservoir for New York City's Delaware system. The Delaware water system supplies half of New York City's water, 65 miles southeast of Rondout Reservoir, the water taking a complicated path through the Delaware Aqueduct, which tunnels under the Hudson River.